A Russian woman has shot lifeless a classmate and injured 5 others at a college earlier than killing herself.

The 14-year-old opened hearth with a shotgun in Bryansk, a metropolis bordering Ukraine, stated Russia's Investigative Committee.

One of these wounded was in a severe situation, state news company RIA Novosti stated.

A fellow pupil informed the outlet that the woman introduced the gun to the varsity in a tube for carrying papers.

She additionally stated when the taking pictures began, the dual sister of the attacker and one other woman bumped into their classroom.

Video shared by RIA Novosti confirmed youngsters cowering in a classroom behind a door barricaded with upturned desks and chairs.

The father of the armed woman was taken for questioning as a witness, it added.

Investigators need to understand how his daughter was capable of pay money for the gun, in keeping with the Telegram channel Shot.

The college's director was additionally being questioned about how the woman managed to deliver the weapon into the varsity and about its safety techniques, state news company Tass stated.

Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential youngsters's rights commissioner, introduced on Telegram she shall be overseeing the care of the wounded youngsters.

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Russia's inside ministry stated it's trying right into a motive for the taking pictures, which is the newest in a string of lethal college assaults within the nation lately.

In September 2022, a gunman opened fire in a school in Izhevsk, central Russia.

In September 2021, a legislation pupil carried out a deadly assault on the Perm State University.

In May the identical 12 months, a man opened fire at students at his former school in Kazan.

And in 2018, an 18-year-old student in Russian-occupied Crimea carried out a mass taking pictures at a school.