2023-12-07T10:08:19+00:00
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/ A Russian teenager opened fire on her friends at a school in the Russian city of Bryansk, near the Ukrainian border, on Thursday, resulting in the death of a student and the injury of five others, according to what investigators announced.
For its part, the police explained that the motives and circumstances of the tragedy were being investigated, according to Agence France-Presse.
The governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, wrote on Telegram: “A terrible tragedy occurred today at School No. 5 in Bryansk. A student brought a firearm with her to school,” noting that all those injured were children who were taken to the hospital.
It is noteworthy that fatal shooting incidents are very rare in Russia, especially in schools, but they have become more frequent in recent years, to the point that President Vladimir Putin expressed his dissatisfaction, considering it a phenomenon imported from the United States and a harmful effect of globalization, which prompted him to tighten the laws. related to carrying weapons.
In September 2022, a shooting in Izhevsk in central Russia killed 18 people.
In 2021, a 21-year-old attacker killed 9 people in a school in Kazan, Tatarstan.