Students were seen jumping from windows of a Russian university today after a teenage gunman held a key building under siege.
Shots were heard at Perm State University in Russia’s Ural mountains and initial reports said eight were killed and more than fourteen were wounded.
A lone gunman was seen walking into the building holding a clearly visible firearm, with reports later saying the shooter had been killed by police.
The unidentified perpetrator used a non-lethal gun, according to the Perm State University press service. Students and staff of the university locked themselves in rooms, and the university urged those who could leave the campus to do so.
Pictured: A still from a video showing a man holding a firearm walking towards a building
Pictured: A photo allegedly showing the gunman posing with a firearm and ammunition
‘When the people saw the shooter and heard the shots, some managed to leave the building, others locked themselves in classrooms,’ said one eyewitness account.
Many students were seen jumping after climbing out of a second floor window.
The regional health ministry said among those wounded were injuries both from the shooting and from trying to escape the building.
The university flashed a message to frightened staff and students saying: ‘If you are currently inside the university, please, try to shut yourself from inside the room, and stay inside.
‘If you are on the campus, please leave if possible. If you are on the way to the university – TURN BACK’
The gunman – named in some reports as Timur Bekmansurov, 18, a student – was later reported to have been overpowered.
The university said he was detained alive but seriously wounded, but other accounts said he had been killed. These were not immediately confirmed.
In messages sent by the suspect before the siege, he was quoted saying he ‘liked causing pain to people’.
Pictured: Police block the road near the scene after a gunman opened fire at the Perm State University in Perm, Russia September 20, 2021
A car of Russia’s National Guard is seen at the scene after a gunman opened fire at the Perm State University in Perm, Russia September 20, 2021
He described himself as ‘unstoppable’.
‘I could have fooled every psychiatrist,’ he said of a test to get his gun license.
‘At least I will feel alive for the last ten minutes of my life,’ he wrote.
‘I detest myself as much as I test all of you.’
He said: ‘I want to leave as much pain in the world as I can so everyone I can’t kill will remember this day forever….
‘I will do all in my power to kill as many as I can.
‘Only a few of you deserve to live.’
Pictured: A man dressed in black is shown walking through a courtyard towards a building
Pictured: A person is seen lying on the ground outside the university buildings
Pictured: A person receives treatment on the ground at the university, with the floor below covered in blood
Later reports said the shooter had died from police gunshot wounds.
Some reports said that eight had died in the university, but the Russian Investigative Committee so far confirmed five.
Fleets of ambulances arrived at the campus.
The shooter had been armed with a Turkish-made 12-caliber Huglu rifle.
His messages suggest he had been planning a massacre for many months, but only recently decided to carry it out at the university.
Source:- Daily Mail
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