At least nine people – including five children – have been killed during a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk.
The Russian Investigative Committee said the victims included five children, two teachers and two security guards.
Twenty people were said to have been injured.
The Udmurtia branch of the interior ministry said the gunman had killed himself – while there were other reports from local police that efforts were still being made to detain the suspect.
Governor Alexander Brechalov of the Udmurtia region, of which Izhevsk is the capital, said he had arrived at the city’s School No. 88, and that the security services and ambulance teams were present, according to a statement on the Telegram messenger app.
News agency RIA cited the governor as saying that an unidentified man had entered the school and killed a security guard.
He said that there were dead and wounded among the school students.
