![]() The university press service said the weapon was designed to fire non-lethal rubber or plastic projectiles. The country's Investigative Committee said the shooter legally purchased the weapon used in the attack, a hunting rifle, in May, according to The Moscow Times. Russia's Health Ministry said eight were dead and 24 had been hurt - 19 of them by gunfire. Only about 3,000 of the school's 12,000 total enrolled were on campus at the time of the shooting, the university said. Video circulated online showed students leaping from second-floor windows. Local media said that ahead of the attack, the suspect had posted to social media saying he was motivated by hatred, not politics or religion.ĭuring the attack, staff and students locked themselves in rooms, and the university asked anyone who could to flee the campus, The Associated Press reports. Russian authorities said the suspect - identified as a student at the university - had been detained and was being treated at a hospital. The shooting occurred at the Perm State University in the city of Perm, about 700 miles east of Moscow. ![]() At least eight people are dead and two dozen injured at a university in Russia after a gunman opened fire, and some students jumped out of second-story windows in an apparent effort to escape the attack. ![]()
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