INTERNATIONAL
Several killed in school shooting in Russia's east
Ambulances and police cars and a truck are parked at a school after a shooting in Kazan. - AP Photo/Roman Kruchinin
KAZAN: A school shooting erupted Tuesday morning in the Russian city of Kazan, killing seven students and leaving 16 other people hospitalised with wounds, a Russian governor reported.
The governor of the Tatarstan republic, which has Kazan as its capital, said on Tuesday that four male and three female eighth-grade students died in the shooting.
Twelve more children and four adults were hospitalized in the attack, Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency reported earlier that a total of 11 people had been killed in the Kazan school shooting, citing local emergency officials.
There was no way to immediately reconcile the differing death tolls.
The governor of the Tatarstan republic, which has Kazan as its capital, said on Tuesday that four male and three female eighth-grade students died in the shooting.
Twelve more children and four adults were hospitalized in the attack, Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency reported earlier that a total of 11 people had been killed in the Kazan school shooting, citing local emergency officials.
There was no way to immediately reconcile the differing death tolls.