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19 killed in Crimea college shooting

2018-10-18 22 Dailymotion

At least 19 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a shooting at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram.. what's the latest?<br /><br /> Well Mark… a student identified as 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov went through the college in the city of Kerch on Wednesday carrying a firearm and then began shooting at fellow students. <br /> Officials said the fourth-year student later killed himself in the college library.<br />His mother, a nurse, was helping to treat victims at a local hospital after the shootings, yet unaware that her son was accused of the rampage and was already dead. <br />Officials also said an explosive device had detonated in the dining area before the shooting and investigators said they found a second device which they disarmed.<br /> Such school shootings are rare in Crimea and it wasn’t clear what prompted the suspect, who was described as a shy loner, to go on the rampage.<br />Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, prompting international condemnation and Western sanctions, but since then there have been no major outbreaks of violence on the peninsula. <br />Russia's Investigative Committee had earlier described the incident as a terrorist act, but later re-classified the case as mass murder.<br />President Vladimir Putin said the attack was a "tragic event" and expressed condolences to the victims' relatives.<br />Three days of mourning in Crimea have been declared from Thursday. <br />

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