School terror: One student was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting attack carried out by a student at a school in the western Russian city of Bryansk. State media reported that the girl
The shooting took place at the No. 5 high school in the city, which lies near the border with Ukraine. According to preliminary information, a 41-year-old girl attending the school arrived at the scene with a shotgun registered to her father and opened fire on her classmates. The five injured were evacuated for medical treatment in moderate condition.
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According to details revealed in Russian-language media, the shooter, Alina, was an introverted girl, who communicated mainly with her twin sister, Daria. According to one version, other students in the class bullied them because they weren't on social media. The teacher said that two months ago, the parents of the main harasser, Marina, met with the parents of the twins and asked to settle the matter. Didn't help, and bullying only got worse. It was also reported that Alina shot Marina and committed suicide.
The shotgun used by the shooter, photo: None
School shootings in Russia are a familiar and painful phenomenon, but today's shooting is the most recent fatalities this year and probably the first in Russian history in which the shooter is a girl.
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