Suspected Russian shooter got gun license less than 2 weeks ago, lawmaker says

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A teacher, seven eighth-graders and a school staff member were the nine pronounced dead, with 21 others hospitalized, in Kazan. Russian media said the suspect was a former student at the school.

The gunman who opened fire in a school in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday morning, killing at least nine, received his gun license less than two weeks ago, Russian lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram.

"The terrorist has been arrested, 19 years old. A firearm is registered in his name. Other accomplices haven't been established, an investigation is underway," Governor Rustam Minnikhanov of Tatarstan, where Kazan is the capital, told theA day of mourning will be held on Wednesday and all schools in Kazan will have their lessons canceled. Russian President

Footage released by Russian media outlets showed students dressed in black and white running out of the building. Another video depicted shattered windows, billowing smoke and sounds resembling gunshots in the background. Dozens of ambulances lined up at the school's entrance after the attack and police fenced off access to the building.

 

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