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The attack occurred after 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov entered the Ryabinka kindergarten with an IZh-27double-barreled shotgun,[1][2] shooting dead a staff member who tried to stop the attack.[3] Walking into a classroom during the children's naptime,[4] he opened fire, killing two small children, whom RIA Novosti said had been born in 2016 and 2018.[4] Another staff member was wounded.[5] After the shooting, Akhtyamov then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.[6]
The National Guard of Russia said that the firearm used by the perpetrator was obtained under the name of another person.[7]Izvestia reported that the firearm's owner had been found dead, presumably killed by the kindergarten shooter.[8]
Perpetrator
The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov. Reports indicated that he had been struggling with mental illness.[9][2]
Ruslan Akhtyamov (26 years old) - the assailant in the attack; committed suicide.
One person was injured, a 52-year-old assistant teacher.[citation needed]
Reactions
The governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Aleksey Russkikh, said that the families of the victims would be provided with medical, psychological and social assistance.[12] Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova called on the National Guard to be on duty in schools and kindergartens.[13] Russkikh and Yuri Bezdudny, the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, provided their condolences for the tragedy.[14]
See also
Another school-attack incident that happened later, in the same year:
