Teenage Russian girl kills classmate and herself

A 14-year-old girl shot and killed a classmate and wounded five others before killing herself on Thursday, Dec. 7, at a school in the western Russian city of Bryansk. Regional Governor Alexander Bogomaz described the shooting as a "terrible tragedy." He said the five people wounded were all children with minor or moderate injuries. "According to preliminary investigation data, a 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, from which she fired shots at her classmates," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. The statement said there were two fatalities (one of which was the shooter) and five people with injuries.  Investigators were working to determine a motive, the statement said. Bryansk is one of several Russian regions that have seen cross-border attacks in the course of the war with Ukraine, and where Moscow has encouraged the formation of self-defense units. There have been several school shootings in Russia in the past few years. The last major school shooting in Russia occurred in September 2022, when a man opened fire at a school in the city of Izhevsk. The attack killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24.The post Teenage Russian girl kills classmate and herself appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.