In Bryansk (Russia), an eighth-grader opened fire on students of a local gymnasium: two children were killed and five others were injured.
What is known about the shooting in Bryansk
According to Russian propagandists, an eighth-grade student brought a firearm to gymnasium No. 5 and fired several times.
Security forces immediately surrounded the building and evacuated all students.
Initially, there was information about two dead and four wounded schoolchildren as a result of the shooting by a schoolgirl using her father's weapon.
Telegram channels write that the child's father is a Russian soldier.
Later, the press service of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs said that three people were injured in the shooting at the school. The ministry confirmed that the student who opened fire had committed suicide.
According to the latest reports, 5 people were wounded in the schoolgirl's attack on the gymnasium, and one of her wounded classmates died. The girl who opened fire committed suicide.
A video of the shooting in the Bryansk gymnasium has already appeared on social media, showing shots fired. At this time, children are trying to lock themselves in the classroom.
According to the students, the girl was "very strange, didn't use social media and hardly communicated with her classmates".
How the local authorities comment on the shooting in Bryansk
The governor of the Bryansk region of Russia, Alexander Bogomaz, has already officially confirmed that one of the students brought a firearm to the Bryansk educational institution.
According to the Russian official, two children were killed, one of them were the girl who had been shooting.
Five children were injured, two of them with minor injuries and three with moderate injuries, all of whom were taken to the children's regional hospital and are receiving the necessary treatment. All emergency services are working at the scene. All the circumstances of the accident are being investigated.
