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Six Dead in West Russia Shooting Spree

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Six people were shot dead in the city of Belgorod in southwest Russia on Monday afternoon, police said.

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MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) – Six people were shot dead in the city of Belgorod in southwest Russia on Monday afternoon, police said.

Police said the assailant opened “random fire” at about 2 p.m. (10:00 GMT), before fleeing in the vehicle in which he had arrived at the scene. 

The state-run Rossiya 24 TV channel said the assailant was armed with a rifle and had begun shooting on the street before moving into a nearby store.

The car was later found by police, who identified the suspect as a man of around 30 years of age with a criminal record. Special forces officers have been deployed to the address the suspect is believed to be holed up at, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti.

Police and the city administration said a 14-year-old girl was among the dead, five of whom died at the scene of the attack. The sixth victim died shortly after in hospital.

Media reports suggested a second suspect was involved in the attack, but this has not been confirmed by police.

The attack comes some six months after a Moscow lawyer shot dead six people in the Russian capital in what was believed to have been his violent response to the end of a romance.

Updates death toll, changes headline, additional information throughout.

 

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