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8 People Shot and Killed at Russian School

VOA News

   - Seven children were shot and killed at a school in southwest Russia
   Tuesday, Russian officials said.

   At least one teacher was also killed in the incident in the city of
   Kazan, capital of theTartarstanrepublic, located more than 800
   kilometers east of Moscow.Four boys and three girlswere among those
   killed.Initial reports from state-owned RIA news agency said 11
   students had been killed.

   News reports say some students were able to escape the building during
   the attack. Authorities say at least 21 others were wounded, including
   at least a dozen children.

   Several emergency vehicles were deployed to the school.Rustam
   Minnikhanov, the governor ofTartarstan, told reporters a 19-year-old
   man he described as a "terrorist" has been arrested in the shooting.

   Mass shootings are a rare event in Russia. The Kremlin said President
   Vladimir Putin has ordered a review of gun control laws in the
   aftermath of Tuesday's deadly shooting.

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