In a distressing development, at least 6 students died in Russian university mass shooting. Subsequently, video showed students jumping from windows for their life. The video showed the horror and mayhem created in a span of few minutes.

According to the reports, the gunman has been detained by the Russian police after being injured. In the horrific incident, as many as 20 students are being reported to be injured.

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1. Details
2. The Facts of the Matter
3. Videos Show True Horror
4. Professors Give an Account of the Massacre
5. Gunman Detained, Had Shared Picture with Rifle & Ammo
6. “Thought for this for a long time”: Assailant’s Words Before Wreaking Havoc
7. State of Gun Laws in Russia

Details

School and university shootings, albeit a relatively new phenomenon, have destroyed the futures of hundreds of students across the world. Be it the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre that had 33 victims, the 2018 Florida shooting that had 17 victims, or a slew of similar massacres, mass shootings are tragedies unlike any.

The school and university shootings have led to debates and constitutional remedies made in gun sales, but a lot is still left to be done.

Recently, a lone-gunman opened fire in a Russian university. The massacred has at least 8 people as its victims so far with 20 injured. These are the facts of the matter:

The Facts of the Matter

On September 20, a lone gunman opened fire at around 11:30 AM IST at the Perm State University. The university is located just 1,300 km from Russian capital Moscow. According to the reports, the assailant just walked on to the Perm University campus and opened fire.

Soon, the teachers and students scrambled for safety. Some teachers were reported barricading themselves and their students in the classrooms. However, the on-ground footage was much grislier and more shocking.

Videos Show True Horror

Soon after the attack, the Russian news showed several gruesome footages obtained from the location. The video shows students crawling their way out of the window of the rooms and jumping to the ground.

It can be assumed that the windows from where the students are jumping from, are on the first floor of the university.

Even though the students from jumping from a lower height, the sound of the landing depicted how painful and shocking the whole ordeal must be.

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Professors Give an Account of the Massacre

According to a BBC report, a university professor said that the students jumped out of the windows in horror and screaming. Further, the professor said that there were about 60 students in the classroom. They barricaded the door of the room with chairs and then made the jump of their lives.

Gunman Detained, Had Shared Picture with Rifle & Ammo

Meanwhile, after the police detained the gunman, more information surfaced. Reportedly, the assailant was a student of the university who had bought a hunting rifle earlier this year. Further, the 18-year-old student had taken to his social media platform and had shared a picture of himself holding a rifle, wearing a helmet and holding ammunition.

“Thought for this for a long time”: Assailant’s Words Before Wreaking Havoc

The 18-year-old student had captioned the picture with, “I’ve thought about this for a long time, it’s been years and I realised the time had come to do what I dreamt of.”

It should be noted that unlike most university/school mass shootings, the assailant was not acting on religious or political motivation. According to his own social media post, which was taken down after the incident, the assailant was “consumed by hatred”.

State of Gun Laws in Russia

This was the second deadliest mass-shooting in Russia this year. Earlier in May, a Kazan-based teenager took lives of 7 students and 2 teachers at a school. This led to the Russian President Vladimir Putin order a review at the gun laws in the country.

After the May shooting, the Russian government announced the new legal age for buying arms from 18 to 21. However, the new law has not been completely implemented in Russia.