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Kerch Polytechnic College attack
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre is located in Crimea
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre (Crimea)
LocationKerch, Crimea
Date17 October 2018 (2018-10-17) (UTC+3:00)
Weapons
  • Hatsan Escort Aimguard 12-gauge pump-action shotgun[1]
  • explosives
Deaths21[2] (including the perpetrator)
Injured74[3]
AccusedVladislav Roslyakov

A bomb attack and school shooting occurred in the dining room of Kerch Polytechnic College in Kerch, Crimea on 17 October 2018.[4] Twenty-one people were killed (including the gunman) and 74 wounded, including 10 critically.[5][6][7][8] The attack is the greatest loss of life in school violence in Russia since the Beslan School siege in 2004.

Attack

Vladislav Roslyakov purchased the shotgun on 8 September and bought 150 rounds of wolf grapeshot legally at a gun shop on 13 October.[9][10]

Several witnesses described a gunman walking up and down the halls at Kerch Polytechnic College and firing randomly at classmates and teachers until he ran out of ammunition. A bomb detonated, and local police said that they disarmed more explosives on the campus.[11] A survivor of the incident told the RIA Novosti news agency that the shooting lasted for more than 15 minutes.[12]

The town website, claimed that the explosion occurred on the first floor while the shooting occurred on the second.[13] Student witnesses described the explosion as blasting out the windows, and that people running to escape were shot from point blank range.[14] Television channel Russia-24 reported that 200 military personnel had been sent to the location.[15]

Perpetrator

Early reports said that the attack was perpetrated by a fourth-year student of the college.[16] The reports were soon confirmed by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK), which said that he was 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov (Russian: Владислав Росляков).[17]

Vladislav was reputed as cruel boy in his child years as he tortured stray cats in the neighborhood[18]. When Roslyakov was around ten years old, his parents broke up after his father sustained a severe head injury, became disabled and aggressive towards Roslyakov, his mother and other relatives.[19] Roslyakov studied at a local school with no interest and only just passed his interim exams. He had no friends and his hobbies included weapons and video games.[20] In 2015 he joined the college to study to become an electrician. In college he developed an interest in explosives and weapons and started to take a bayonet knife to class.[21] He also frequented a gym as he wanted to build some muscles.[22] It is also reported that Roslyakov attended meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses with his mother.[23]

Russia's RBK TV interviewed a friend who said that Roslyakov "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed revenge on his teachers.[24] In the days before the attack he discussed the lack of sense in his life, possible shooting and suicide in social networks[25]. Surveillance footage of the incident captured Roslyakov carrying an eight-shot 12 gauge Hatsan Escort Aimguard pump-action shotgun with a pistol grip and wearing black trousers and a white T-shirt with the word "hatred"[25].[11] His outfit resembled that of Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, leading to speculation that the massacre was a copycat crime.[26][27]

Potential accomplice

Kremlin-appointed Crimean prime minister Sergei Aksyonov told Russian news agencies on 18 October that it is possible the perpetrator had an accomplice, and they were searching for the individual "who was coaching" Roslyakov for the crime.[28]

Casualties

The NAK[29] said that most of the victims were teenagers. Fifteen students and five teachers died and according to the Investigative Committee, all died of gunshot wounds, while the Crimean Health Ministry reported that 74 people had been hospitalized, including several who have undergone amputations.[3]

Aftermath

Russian President Vladimir Putin described the attack as a "tragic event" and offered his condolences to the victims' families.[30] Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov announced that there would be three days of mourning in Crimea. Crimean State Council speaker Vladimir Konstantinov announced that the victims' families would receive financial compensation, with preliminary discussions suggesting that the payments would be 1 million rubles ($13577.73) from the federal and local budget.[15] The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea initiated criminal proceedings under the article "act of terrorism" investigating the attack.[31] Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed condolences to the victims, whom he described as Ukrainian citizens.[31][nb 1]

Leaders of several countries expressed their condolences to the victims of the attack, including Germany,[33] Italy, Finland, Estonia, Thailand, and Venezuela. Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland and Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres also expressed condolences.

Notes

  1. ^ Ukraine does not recognise the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and sees Crimea as its territory.[31][32]

References

  1. ^ "Ружье "для самообороны" и картечь на волка – стало известно, какое оружие использовал "Керченский стрелок"". dialog.ua. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Аксенов: 18 человек погибли в результате взрыва в колледже в Керчи". ТАСС. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Teenage girl becomes 20th Crimea victim". BBC News. 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ "'We want to live': Terrifying VIDEOS of students fleeing Kerch college massacre". RT International. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Теракт в Крыму". Lenta.ru. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Nineteen People Dead, Up to 50 Injured Due to Incident in Kerch, Russia (VIDEO)". Sputnik (news agency). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Росгвардия назвала терактом взрыв в колледже в Керчи". Vedomosti. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Студент застрелил 18 человек в керченском колледже. СК больше не считает это нападение терактом". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 17 October 2018. {{cite news}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 31 (help)
  9. ^ "Законно ли у Влада Рослякова было оружие? Законно. (Was Vladimir Roslyakov's weapon legal? Yes, it was...)". VKontakte (Mash). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ Гавриленко, Валерий Береснев, Елена Колебакина-Усманова, Александр. "«У кого-то ногу разорвало, у кого-то – голову»: откуда взялся «керченский стрелок – Химик»".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ a b Roth, Andrew (17 October 2018). "Crimea college attack: student carries out mass shooting in Kerch". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. ^ "At least 17 killed in attack on college in Russian-annexed Crimea". CBS News. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  13. ^ Sputnik. "Witness on Kerch Blast: There Was No Central Entrance, There Were No Windows". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Crimea bloodbath: Seeing friends die and running for their lives – witnesses describe attack horror". RT International. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  15. ^ a b CNN, Nathan Hodge, Emma Burrows, Darya Tarasova and Bianca Britton,. "Teens among 18 killed in attack at Crimea college, Russia says". CNN. Retrieved 17 October 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ правды», Андрей ГОРБУНОВ | Сайт «Комсомольской (17 October 2018). "Полиция: теракт устроил студент 4 курса колледжа. Он покончил с собой на втором этаже". KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды» (in Russian). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Теракт в колледже Керчи устроил Владислав Росляков" (in Russian). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  18. ^ "В детстве керчинский стрелок мучил и душил котов". www.mgazeta.com.
  19. ^ "Соседи керченского стрелка рассказали о жестокости его отца" (in Russian). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  20. ^ "Стали известны детали биографии "керченского стрелка" и его вероятный мотив" (in Russian). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  21. ^ правды», Дмитрий КОЗУРОВ | Сайт «Комсомольской (17 October 2018). "Носил на лекции нож и играл в «стрелялки»: что известно о подростке, устроившем взрыв в керченском колледже". KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды» (in Russian). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Личность «керченского стрелка» скрывается под ворохом характеристик" – via Kommersant.
  23. ^ "СМИ: керченский стрелок посещал 'Свидетелей Иеговы'*". Главный региональный (in Russian). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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  25. ^ a b правды», Дмитрий КОЗУРОВ, kp.ru (18 October 2018). "«Круто было бы устроить бойню»: керченский стрелок рассказывал друзьям о своих планах атаки на колледж". {{cite web}}: Text "Сайт «Комсомольской" ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  27. ^ Roth, Andrew (17 October 2018). "Crimea college attack: student carries out mass shooting in Kerch". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  28. ^ "Authorities searching for possible accomplice in Crimea school attack". NBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  29. ^ Cole, Brendan (17 October 2018). "Multiple People Killed After 'Explosive Device' Blows Up on College Campus in Crimea". Newsweek. Newsweek LLC. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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  31. ^ a b c Poroshenko: Crimea's PGO initiates criminal proceedings following terrorist attack in Kerch, UNIAN (17 October 2018)
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