Fifteen killed as gunman wearing 'Nazi symbols' opens fire at Russian school
At least 15 people including 11 children have been killed in a school shooting in central Russia.
A gunman wearing a black top "with Nazi symbols and a balaclava" opened fire at his former school in the city of Izhevsk before turning the gun on himself, investigators said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the "inhuman terrorist attack" in the city of Izhevsk, the Kremlin said, adding that the shooter "apparently belongs to a neo-fascist group".
Russia's Investigative Committee said two security guards and two teachers were among the victims, while the attacker "committed suicide".
He was later identified as a local man born in 1988, who graduated from this school.
Investigators said they were conducting a search in his home and looking into his "adherence to neo-fascist views and Nazi ideology".
Russia's interior ministry also said there were 24 people injured in the attack at the No88 school in Izhevsk.
Speaking outside the building, the region's governor Alexander Brechalov confirmed there were "casualties and wounded among children".
Rescue and medical workers could be seen working at the scene in the background, some running inside the school with stretchers.
A city of around 630,000 people, Izhevsk is the regional capital of Russia's Udmurt Republic, located around 620 miles east of Moscow.
The attack came just hours after a man had opened fire and severely wounded a recruitment officer at an enlistment centre in Siberia.
