A gunman has killed at least eight people at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say. Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others were seen jumping from windows. The gunman was identified as a student at the university, according to the Investigative Committee that handles probes into major crimes. Perm University posted a message on social networks urging students who were in the building to stay in the classrooms. Earlier this year, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire in his old school in the central Russian city of Kazan, killing nine people.

Source: The Nation September 20, 2021 10:30 UTC