In a shocking incident on Thursday, December 7, 2023, a 14-year-old Russian girl brought a pump-action shotgun to Gymnasium Number Five in Bryansk, a city near the Ukrainian border.
The teenager shot dead a classmate, injured five others, and then took her own life, according to investigators.
While school shootings are uncommon in Russia due to strict gun laws, this incident adds to a recent trend of such events. The Investigative Committee reported that the motives behind the crime are under investigation, and the identities of those involved have not been disclosed.
The wounded victims have been transported to medical facilities for treatment. Bryansk, which has experienced occasional shelling and drone attacks near the Ukrainian border, now grapples with the aftermath of this tragic event. The incident follows a school shooting in Izhevsk last year, where a gunman claimed 18 lives, and other instances in 2021, including a school shooting in Kazan that resulted in nine deaths and an attack at a university in Perm where six people lost their lives.