MOSCOW, May 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to urgently tighten the control of civilian weapons following the deadly school shooting in Kazan on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Putin expressed deep condolences to the relatives of the children killed in the armed attack, Peskov said.
All educational institutions in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan will be inspected after two gunmen attacked a school in its capital city of Kazan on Tuesday.
Classes will be canceled in all schools in Kazan on Wednesday, according to the press service of the republic’s hea
At least 11 people, including nine children, were killed and 32 others were injured after two attackers opened fire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday.
One of the perpetrators has been detained and the other was killed, according to TASS news agency.
Two of the children plunged to death after jumping out of a window on the third floor.
One of the attackers walked through the main entrance of the No. 175 school and immediately fired at random with a machine gun, TASS said. — NNN-XINHUA
