Russia shooting: Children among nine dead after gunman opens fire at school in Izhevsk
At least nine people have died and several others are injured after a shooting at a school in Russia.
It happened in Izhevsk, a city in the Udmurt Republic, 1,200 kilometres east of the capital Moscow.
Russia's interior ministry, releasing a statement on Telegram, said the gunman had reportedly committed suicide.
"Immediately after the police received a report of a shooting at School No. 88 in Izhevsk, officers from the Interior Ministry of the Udmurt Republic went to the scene of the incident and organised measures to apprehend the suspect," it read.
Russia's Investigative Committee has also confirmed in a statement that it has launched an investigation
"According to preliminary data, nine people were victims of the crime, including two security guards of the educational establishment and two teachers, as well as five minors."
"Information about the dead and wounded are being confirmed. Assailant committed suicide."
The governor of Udmurt Republic, Alexander Brechalov, said on Telegram that a period of mourning for the victims had been declared until Thursday.
A series of school shootings in Russia in recent years has prompted President Vladimir Putin to tighten controls over gun ownership.
Last year, nine people, including seven students, were killed in a school shooting in Kazan.
A few months later, six people died and dozens more were injured in a shooting at Perm State University.
The deadliest school attack in Russia took place in 2004 in the city of Beslan when Islamic militants took more than 1,000 people hostage for several days. The siege ended in gunfire and explosions, leaving 334 dead, more than half of them children.
In 2018, a teenager also killed 20 people at his vocational school in the Crimean city of Kerch before
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