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MOSCOW — A student armed with two rifles opened fire in a high school in Moscow on Monday morning, killing a geography teacher and a police officer as he held some two dozen students hostage in a rare case of gun violence in a school here. MOSCOW — A student armed with two rifles opened fire in a high school in Moscow on Monday morning, killing a geography teacher and a police officer as he held about two dozen students hostage in a rare case of gun violence in a school here.
The student, who was identified as Sergey Gordeyev, 15, initially battled police officers responding to the hostage crisis, killing one officer and wounding another, before his father entered the classroom in a bulletproof vest and persuaded him to surrender, the Moscow police chief, Anatoly Yakunin, told reporters.The student, who was identified as Sergey Gordeyev, 15, initially battled police officers responding to the hostage crisis, killing one officer and wounding another, before his father entered the classroom in a bulletproof vest and persuaded him to surrender, the Moscow police chief, Anatoly Yakunin, told reporters.
Maria Shukvina, a ninth-grade student, described huddling in a classroom as gunshots echoed through the building, School No. 263.Maria Shukvina, a ninth-grade student, described huddling in a classroom as gunshots echoed through the building, School No. 263.
“The school secretary came in, and she said not to let the children out,” Ms. Shukvina later said outside the school, where a police helicopter hovered over the scene even hours after Mr. Gordeyev had surrendered. “Then I heard a loud bang, and she came back and told us to get our things and get out as quickly as possible.” “The school secretary came in, and she said not to let the children out,” the ninth grader later said outside the school, where a police helicopter hovered over the scene even hours after Mr. Gordeyev had surrendered. “Then I heard a loud bang, and she came back and told us to get our things and get out as quickly as possible.”
Word of the shooting deeply unsettled the residential neighborhood of Otradnoye, where officials of Russia’s Investigative Committee and Internal Ministry flocked to supervise the investigation on Monday as agitated parents and students milled outside in subzero temperatures.Word of the shooting deeply unsettled the residential neighborhood of Otradnoye, where officials of Russia’s Investigative Committee and Internal Ministry flocked to supervise the investigation on Monday as agitated parents and students milled outside in subzero temperatures.
School shootings are rare here, and mass shootings are often associated with terrorist attacks, including one at a school in the North Caucasus town of Beslan in 2004 that left more than 330 people dead, most of them children.School shootings are rare here, and mass shootings are often associated with terrorist attacks, including one at a school in the North Caucasus town of Beslan in 2004 that left more than 330 people dead, most of them children.
The police had not specified a motive in the attack by Monday evening, but Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Russia’s Investigative Committee, suggested that Mr. Gordeyev may have suffered an “emotional breakdown.” The police had not specified a motive in the attack by Monday evening, but Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee, suggested that Mr. Gordeyev may have suffered an “emotional breakdown.”
Mr. Markin said that Mr. Gordeyev had shot the geography teacher, Andrey Kirillov, point-blank.Mr. Markin said that Mr. Gordeyev had shot the geography teacher, Andrey Kirillov, point-blank.
“They said that Andrey Nikolayevich was lying on the floor with a bullet in the forehead and another in his chest,” said Yeva Akhmat, a student at a neighboring school that sheltered students fleeing the violence, referring to Mr. Kirillov. “They said he was still there when they left.”“They said that Andrey Nikolayevich was lying on the floor with a bullet in the forehead and another in his chest,” said Yeva Akhmat, a student at a neighboring school that sheltered students fleeing the violence, referring to Mr. Kirillov. “They said he was still there when they left.”
In a video posted to the news site Lifenews, several students held hostage by Mr. Gordeyev denied that he had any previous conflict with the teacher or other students. In a video on the news site Lifenews, several students held hostage denied that Mr. Gordeyev had any previous conflict with the teacher or other students.
“He said that he wanted to know if there was life after death and came to the school to shoot before he died,” said a student identified only by her first name, Lusya. “You could see in his eyes that he was scared.”“He said that he wanted to know if there was life after death and came to the school to shoot before he died,” said a student identified only by her first name, Lusya. “You could see in his eyes that he was scared.”
A classmate described Mr. Gordeyev as a strong student who seemed aloof.A classmate described Mr. Gordeyev as a strong student who seemed aloof.
“I don’t know if he was aggressive, but he was just strange,” said Anton Alifatov, a ninth grader. “He was quiet, but I didn’t think anything more of it.”“I don’t know if he was aggressive, but he was just strange,” said Anton Alifatov, a ninth grader. “He was quiet, but I didn’t think anything more of it.”