Izhevsk school shooting
On 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, in west-central Russia. Eighteen people were killed and 23 others were wounded before the gunman, identified as Artyom Kazantsev, committed suicide.
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Shrine for the victims in Alushta | |
Location | Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, 285, Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, 426011 |
Coordinates | 56°52′06.7″N 53°12′19.4″E |
Date | 26 September 2022 |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder–suicide, school shooting |
Weapons | Two Makarov pistols |
Deaths | 19 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrator | Artyom Kazantsev |
Motive | Mental disorder, misanthropy |
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