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| Student opens fire in school near Moscow, 4 people injured | Student opens fire in school near Moscow, 4 people injured |
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| A teenager attacked a teacher with an ax, then opened fire with an air gun and threw smoke grenades in a school in Moscow Region, authorities said, adding that several schoolchildren were injured in the panic following the incident. | |
| The incident took place in a local school in the town of Ivanteyevka, some 20km northeast of Moscow, police press office told TASS. | The incident took place in a local school in the town of Ivanteyevka, some 20km northeast of Moscow, police press office told TASS. |
| “A 15-year-old student attacked an IT teacher …with a kitchen ax and hit her on the head. Then the teenager started detonating homemade firecrackers and shooting with an air gun,” the Russian prosecutor general said in a statement. | |
| “At least four people have been injured, including three children and one teacher,” police press service told TASS. | |
| According to Interfax sources, the teenager also attacked a schoolteacher with a hammer. She is currently in hospital in a serious condition. | |
| Three schoolchildren, frightened by the attack, jumped out of windows and sustained injuries, the source added. They were also taken to hospital. | |
| The school has been closed for the day, school authorities told TASS. | |
| “The children were sent home. The school will be closed today. Classes start tomorrow,” the statement added. | |
| Police have cordoned off the school building, witnesses told TASS. | |
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