Veshkayma kindergarten shooting

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Veshkayma kindergarten shooting
Location Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates 54°03′23.9″N47°07′01.7″E / 54.056639°N 47.117139°E / 54.056639; 47.117139
Date26 April 2022
Attack type
 Mass shooting, murder-suicide, school shooting, pedicide
Weapon IZh-27 shotgun
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator and the gun's original owner)
Injured1
PerpetratorRuslan Akhtyamov

On 26 April 2022, three people were killed in a school shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.

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Shooting

The attack occurred after 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov entered the Ryabinka kindergarten with an IZh-27 double-barreled shotgun, [1] [2] shooting dead a staff member who tried to stop the attack. [3] Walking into a classroom during the children's naptime, [4] he opened fire, killing two small children, whom RIA Novosti said had been born in 2016 and 2018. [4] Another staff member was wounded. [5] After the shooting, Akhtyamov then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. [6]

The National Guard of Russia said that the firearm used by the perpetrator was obtained under the name of another person. [7] Izvestia reported that the firearm's owner had been found dead, presumably killed by the kindergarten shooter. [8]

Perpetrator

The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov. He had reportedly been dealing with mental illness. [9] [2]

Victims

Five people were killed in the attack:

  1. 68-year-old man whom Akhtyamov stole the gun from; (died prior to the attack)
  2. 35-year-old teacher of the Ryabinka kindergarten; [10]
  3. 5-year-old female kindergarten student; [11]
  4. 6-year-old male kindergarten student;
  5. Ruslan Akhtyamov (26 years old) - the assailant in the attack; committed suicide.

One person was injured, a 52-year-old assistant teacher.[ citation needed ]

Reactions

The governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Aleksey Russkikh, said that the families of the victims would be provided with medical, psychological and social assistance. [12] Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova called on the National Guard to be on duty in schools and kindergartens. [13] Russkikh and Yuri Bezdudny, the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, provided their condolences for the tragedy. [14]

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