Including 7 children.. 13 people were killed in a shooting at a Russian school

At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed when a gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Izhevsk on Monday.

The Investigative Committee of Russia said in a statement: "Initial information indicates that 13 people were killed in this crime, including 6 adults and seven minors, and 14 children and seven adults were injured," confirming that the shooter committed suicide.

Investigators said in a statement that the shooter was a former schoolboy named Artyom Kazantsev, born in 1988. They added: "We are conducting an investigation to find out if he was a follower of neo-fascism and Nazi ideology."

Investigators released a video clip showing the body of a man lying on the ground, blood on his head, and wearing a black T-shirt with a Nazi crest.

The shooting took place in the morning in School No. 88 in the city of Izhevsk, west of the Ural Mountains separating European Russia and Asian Russia, and this city still contains factories for Kalashnikov assault rifles.

District Governor Alexander Prichalov said the attacker killed a security guard before opening fire inside the school.

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