Perm State University shooting

Perm State University shooting
LocationPerm State University, Perm, Russia
Date20 September 2021
TargetUniversity students and staff, bystanders
Attack type
Mass shooting, school shooting, mass murder, attempted suicide by cop
Weapons
  • Huglu Atrox T 12 gauge shotgun
  • Knife (unused)
Deaths6
Injured
23
PerpetratorTimur Bekmansurov[1][2]
MotiveMisanthropy
Charges
  • Murder of two or more persons, committed in a generally dangerous way, with a rowdy motive
  • Attempted murder
  • Encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer
  • Property damage committed in generally dangerous way, with a rowdy motive

On 20 September 2021, a mass shooting happened at Perm State University, in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Six people were killed and forty-seven (twenty-three of them by gunfire) more injured.

The suspected attacker, Timur Bekmansurov, was severely injured and arrested.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Одноклассник раскрыл подробности о стрелке из Перми". Moskovskij Komsomolets. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "At Least 8 Killed in Russian University Shooting". The Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Russia shooting: Gunman kills several at Perm University". BBC News. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Six killed in Russian university shooting, gunman in hospital". Reuters. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.




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