Russian school shooter kills student, shoots herself

A 14-year-old school girl shot a fellow student dead and injured five other children on Thursday (December 7) before killing herself at a school in the Russian city of Bryansk.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement, “According to preliminary investigation data, a 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, from which she fired shots at her classmates,”. Investigators were working to establish the motive, the statement said.

Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz called it a “terrible tragedy.” He said the five people wounded were all children with mild or moderate injuries.

Guns are normally tightly controlled in Russia, but Bryansk is one of several southern regions that have seen cross-border attacks in the course of the war with Ukraine, and where Moscow has encouraged the formation of self-defense units. However, Russia has seen several school shootings in recent years.