At least seven children and a teacher have been killed in a mass shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, according to local authorities.MOSCOW -- At least seven children and two adults have been killed and around 20 more injured in a mass shooting at a school in theA gunman attacked school no. 175 in the city, about 500 miles east of Moscow, on Tuesday morning while hundreds of children were in classes.
"It's a great tragedy. We have lost seven children -- four boys, three girls. They died here on the third floor," Tatarstan's president, Rustam Minnikhanov, told reporters standing outside the school following the shooting. He said two female teachers at the school were also killed. "He sort of started to smash the door," a pupil, identified as Adelya, told the Russian news site Media.Zona."Then the police came into the corridor. He ran and started shooting, and a bullet hit our door."
Galyaviyev until last month was a student at a college in Kazan but dropped out in April, the college told the Russian news site, RBC. He graduated from the school four years ago and had been studying programming at the college. President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the victims on Monday and immediately ordered authorities to tighten up gun regulations.
American gun laws invading Russia too?
I GUESS THERE ARE SICK PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE VICTIMS. MAY GOD BLESS THEM.