Officials: Crimea school attack victims killed by gunshots, not blast

17 October 2018, 4:23 pm

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The victims of an attack on a technical college in Moscow-annexed Crimea were killed by gunshots, Russian investigators say after initially reporting they died in a blast.

“Currently, there are 17 known deaths. The initial inspection of the bodies suggests that they died from gunshot wounds,” Russia’s Investigative Committee says in a statement.

It adds that a surveillance video shows a man entering the school “holding a gun” and identified him as 18 year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, whose body was later found in the building.

Earlier reports said 18 had died in the attack but it is not clear if the figure included the attacker.

— AFP