Russian authorities have said that nine people have been killed, and 20 more injured as a gunman opened fire on school children on Monday.
In a statement by Russia’s Investigative Committee, two guards, two teachers and five students were killed in the shooting in a school in Izhevsk, a city about 960 kilometres (596 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.
Governor of Udmurtia Alexander Brechalov said in a video statement that the still unidentified gunman shot himself.
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The school educated children between grades 1 and 11. It has been evacuated and area around it has been fenced off, the governor said.
No details about the gunman or his motives have been released.
Izhevsk, a city of 640,000, is located west of the Ural Mountains in central Russia.
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