China News Agency, Moscow, September 26 (Reporter Tian Bing) The Russian Federal Investigative Committee stated on the 26th that the death toll in the school shooting in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurt Republic, has risen to 17, of which Including 11 children.
Citing the latest data from the Russian Investigative Committee, the Udmurt government press service said the shooting had killed 17 people, including 11 children and six adults.
RIA Novosti quoted Shaklein, chief physician of the First Hospital of the Republic of Udmurt, as saying that of the 16 children hospitalized at the hospital, nine are being monitored in the intensive care unit, and two adults are Also in the intensive care unit.
The Russian Emergency Situation Ministry said on the 26th that it had sent a special plane to Izhevsk to urgently transfer the injured from the local area to a hospital in Moscow for treatment.
On the morning of September 26, local time, a shooting incident occurred at the 88th school in Izhevsk.
Police said the attacker was a graduate of the school, a local resident born in 1988, who committed suicide after launching the attack.
The Russian Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the shooting.
After the shooting incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences to the victims, hoped that the injured will recover soon, and called the heads of relevant departments to give instructions.
The Chief Executive of the Udmurt Republic, Alexander Brechalov, declared September 26 to September 29 a day of mourning for the republic.
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