Gunman caught as 6 shot dead

SIX people were killed and 24 others injured yesterday after a gunman opened fire at the premises of Russia’s Perm State University, authorities said, adding the perpetrator was a student and had been apprehended.

According to the Health Ministry, of the 24 injured, 19 had sustained gunshot wounds, TASS News Agency reported.

The Ministry added 25 medical teams were working at the site.

According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the student opened fire earlier in the day at the university premises. The shooter has been detained and authorities have established his identity but were yet to make it public.

The Committee added the suspect sustained injuries as he tried to resist while being apprehended. A law enforcement agency source told TASS that the perpetrator was armed with ‘traumatic’ non-lethal weapon.

Videos circulating on social media shows students throwing belongings out of windows from buildings on campus before jumping to flee the shooter, the BBC reported.

One of the university’s professors, Ivan Pechishchev, told the BBC he saw students running from a building, and people jumping out of the second floor as he went to class.