A student has attacked a vocational college in Crimea in a shooting rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself, according to Russian officials. A student has attacked a vocational college in Crimea in a shooting rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself, according to Russian officials. Russian officials at first reported a gas explosion, then said an explosive device ripped through the college canteen at lunchtime in a suspected terrorist attack. Another student, Yuri Kerpek, told the RIA Novosti state news agency that the shooting went on for about 15 minutes. Olga Grebennikova, director of the vocational college, told KerchNet TV that men armed with automatic rifles burst into the college and “killed everyone they saw”.

Source: Irish Independent October 17, 2018 13:23 UTC