Russia: recruitment officer injured by gunshot in Siberia
Oust-Ilimsk, an industrial city located in the heart of Siberia, 600 km north of Irkutsk.
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In Russia, a soldier was seriously injured by a man who opened fire on Monday, September 26 at a Russian army recruitment center in Siberia.
This incident comes as Vladimir Putin announced last week the mobilization of 300,000 reservists who must go to fight in Ukraine.
A mobilization that sparked many protests in Russia.
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On the images circulating on the internet, a man in fatigues bursts into a recruitment room, armed with a sawed-off weapon.
He shoots point-blank the head of recruitment who collapses before the eyes of a dozen people.
According to the governor of the Irkutsk region, the victim, very seriously injured, is between life and death.
The Russian security forces managed to get their hands on the shooter, who was detained in the city of Ust-Ilimsk, in eastern Siberia.
According to local media, it is a 25-year-old resident of the town, who, according to his mother, was upset by the mobilization of a very close friend, summoned despite his lack of military experience.
He will be prosecuted for attempted homicide targeting a public authority agent.
Around 20 recruitment offices burnt down
Since Vladimir Putin's speech last Wednesday, around 20 recruiting offices have been set on fire across Russia.
And anger is particularly raging in Dagestan, a small Russian republic in the North Caucasus, where dozens of demonstrations have resulted in more than a hundred arrests.
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The authorities said that the mobilization of 300,000 reservists would only concern those with military experience or the skills required.
But many cases of mobilization of elderly, sick or inexperienced people as well as students have been identified.
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