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‘Up to nine people – including children – are killed’ in Russian school shooting as pupils jump from third-floor windows to escape
- Up to nine people were reported killed, at least ten wounded, at school in Kazan
- Children were seen jumping out of classroom windows to flee the attack
- Explosion was also reported during attack reportedly carried out by two gunmen
Up to nine people – including children – have reportedly been killed in a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan.
Children were seen jumping out of windows to escape the attack which local media said was carried out by two teenage gunmen. An explosion was also reported.
Horrific videos showed terrified young children with appalling gunshot wounds lying on the ground outside the school. At least two pupils died from their injuries after they managed to escape.
A crowd of worried parents gathered outside the building this morning as firefighters were seen evacuating pupils by ladder from a top floor window.
One 15-year-old said: ‘They took us out. First they told us to lock ourselves in the room, we locked ourselves in.
‘Then a strong explosion thundered, and a minute later the shooting began.’
Students are evacuated from the school in Kazan by ladder after shooting began
Teachers and pupils were evacuated from the school by ladder
A large crowd gathered outside the school including worried parents as gunshots were heard in the neighbourhood
People are seen clambering down a ladder from a top floor window after the shooting erupted
A crowd, including concerned parents, is gathered outside the school as dozens of emergency vehicles arrived at the scene
There were varying reports on the number of casualties, with one local paper saying that up to 32 children had been rushed to hospital.
One pupil said: ‘We were sitting on the third floor, we had a history lesson.
‘Suddenly, in the middle of the lesson, the headmistress starts shouting into the loud speaker so that no one would open their doors.
‘The class teacher quickly closed the door and literally five seconds later a big explosion went off, either on the first or on the second floor.
‘We stayed together and did not open the door to anyone, but they burst into it – shots were heard, banging on the door, as if someone was trying to knock it out.
‘After some time, we heard the riot police and the the deputy head shouted to us to open it.
‘Firefighters came in and took us out.
‘I don’t know who did the shooting, and nobody knows.
‘Some say they are terrorists, others say that they are eleventh graders.
‘I don’t know who they killed, but they killed the cleaner and the guard for sure – they tried to keep them out of the school. ‘
One of the attackers is reported to have killed seven eighth graders – aged 13 to 14 – and a teacher.
When he was detained, he said that he had planted a bomb at the place he lives.
One of the gunmen was seen being overpowered by officers on the steps of the school on Faizi Street in Kazan, a mainly Muslim city.
Another remained in the school, said reports.
Later it was reported the second attackers had been detained by police on the fourth floor of the school.
Interfax was told that a student carried a weapon to school and injured classmates.
Around 20 ambulances were on the scene, including members of the security forces.
Local residents gathered outside the school gates after the shooting started
Fire engines and police cars arriving at the scene this morning
Emergency vehicles at the scene this morning
Kazan is the capital of mainly Muslim Tatarstan, an oil-rich region on the Volga River.
‘The prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Nafikov left for the scene. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated,’ said an official.
Pupils were being evacuated from the school.
Kazan is the capital of mainly Muslim Tatarstan, an oil-rich region on the Volga River.
