At least eight people were killed and others injured after a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials said.
The shooter, said to be a student, 18, walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting. Students and teachers hid inside the university building, barricading themselves, while some others were seen jumping from windows.The Perm State University press service said the perpetrator used a so-called “traumatic” firearm; such guns are designed to fire non-lethal rubber or plastic projectiles, but can be modified to fire other ammunition.The Interior Ministry said the gunman had been detained but a spokesperson for the university said he had been killed.
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