School massacre in Russia: 19-year-old perpetrator to be examined by psychologists and psychiatrists

The 19-year-old perpetrator attack on a school in the city of Kazan, Ilnlaz Galiyev, will be subjected to interrogation by psychologists and psychiatrists in order to determine any peculiarities in his behavior, as well as the motives of his action. This was reported by TASS, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

“It is known – said the same source – that after the murder of students and teachers, Galiyev was ready to end his life, but the police arrested him and did not allow him to do so.».

The same source said that Galijaviev, shortly before carrying out his act, created an account on the social network Telegram, in which he described that he was preparing to attack the school and kill as many people there as possible.

THE attack According to the National Counterterrorism Committee, 9 people, including 7 children and 2 adults, were killed and 21 were injured, of whom 8 were injured. in serious condition.

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murasko, who visited Kazan, had earlier said that 18 children were being treated at the city’s children’s hospital, six of whom were in critical condition and two in critical condition.

The Commission of Inquiry denies the allegations of placing an explosive device

Its Commission of Inquiry Russia He denied media reports that an explosive device had been planted at a school in the city of Kazan, where 19-year-old Ilnaz Galiaviyev carried out the bloody attack, Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told reporters.

“In fact, entering the school, the perpetrator detonated an improvised explosive device and then used a firearm. “No other explosive device was found by the investigating team during the inspection of the scene of the tragedy,” Petrenko was quoted as saying by APE-MPE, stressing that the only reliable information came from the body conducting the investigation.

Earlier it was reported that the 19-year-old, when he entered the school, activated an improvised explosive device. At least that is what the ombudsman for children, despite the president of the Russian Federation, Anna Kuznetsova, who visited the school where the tragedy took place.

She added that the shock wave caused by the explosion of the improvised explosive device could have killed many more children, if they were in the locker room and other areas of the school at the time of the explosion.

Kuznetsova said that as a result of these events, the security of 1,400 schools and 1,800 buildings on a permanent basis in Tatarstan will be strengthened.

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