One dead, three injured as student opens fire in Russian college

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - One person was killed and three injured when a student opened fire at a college in Blagoveshchensk, a city in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region, a regional health authority source told TASS.

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At the same time, an emergencies source said the student eventually turned the gun on himself.

«According to preliminary information, one person was killed and three injured as a result of the incident. Ambulance doctors and feldshers are working at the scene,» a spokesperson for the Amur Region Health Ministry said.

An emergencies source told TASS a college student started shooting after he was late and not allowed to enter the lecture hall.

He said the incident occurred at about 10:00 local time on Thursday (04:00 Moscow time).