On 26 April 2022, three people were killed in a school shooting at a

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in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.

Shooting

The attack occurred after 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov entered the Ryabinka kindergarten with an

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, shooting dead a staff member who tried to stop the attack. Walking into a classroom during the children's naptime, he opened fire, killing two small children, whom

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said had been born in 2016 and 2018. Another staff member was wounded. After the shooting, Akhtyamov then turned the gun on himself and committed

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. The National Guard of Russia said that the firearm used by the perpetrator was obtained under the name of another person. '' Izvestia'' reported that the firearm's owner had been found dead, presumably killed by the kindergarten shooter.

Perpetrator

The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov. He had reportedly been dealing with

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Victims

Five people were killed in the attack: # 68-year-old man whom Akhtyamov stole the

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from; (died prior to the attack) # 35-year-old teacher of the Ryabinka

; # 5-year-old female kindergarten student; # 6-year-old male kindergarten student; # Ruslan Akhtyamov (26 years old) - the assailant in the attack; committed suicide. One person was injured, a 52-year-old assistant teacher.

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The governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Aleksey Russkikh, said that the families of the victims would be provided with medical, psychological and social assistance. Ombudsman

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called on the National Guard to be on duty in schools and kindergartens. Russkikh and Yuri Bezdudny, the

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of the

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, provided their condolences for the tragedy.

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