PM Pashinyan extends condolences to President Putin over Izhevsk school shooting

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan extended condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the school shooting in the city of Izhevsk in Russia’s Urals region.

“With deep sorrow I learnt about the tragic incident in a school in the city of Izhevsk. On behalf of the people of Armenia,I ask you to convey words of sincere empathy and support to all those who lost their loved ones and friends, and wishes of speedy recovery to all the wounded,” PM Pashinyan said in a letter to President Putin.

Fifteen people were killed and many others injured in a shooting incident at a school in the city of Izhevsk in Russia’s Urals region on Monday, RT reported citing the Russian Investigative Committee.

The male suspect was wearing a ski mask and a black T-shirt featuring Nazi symbols, officials added. They said he died by suicide after the attack and his identity is currently being established.

At least eleven of the victims were students at School No. 88 in the city, which has a population of over 600,000.

Two security guards and several teachers were also killed, the Investigative Committee said.

The attack has left 24 people injured, including 22 children, according to the agency.

The suspect was armed with two nonlethal pistols that had been altered to fire live ordnance, Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Khinshtein has claimed.