2022 Veshkayma kindergarten shooting
2022 school shooting and murder-suicide in Russia
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On 26 April 2022, three people were killed in a school shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
| Veshkayma kindergarten shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | 54°03′23.9″N 47°07′01.7″E Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia |
| Date | 26 April 2022 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder-suicide, school shooting, pedicide |
| Weapon | IZh-27 shotgun |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator and the gun's original owner) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Ruslan Akhtyamov |
Shooting
The attack occurred after 26-year-old Ruslan Akhtyamov entered the Ryabinka kindergarten with an IZh-27 double-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 Rushanovich Akhtyamov (Russian: Руслан Рушанович Ахтямов; born 22 April 1996).[9] Reports indicated that he had been struggling with mental illness.[10][2]
Victims
Five people were killed in the attack:
- Alexander Dronin (68 years old) — Akhtyamov's neighbor whom he stole the gun from (died prior to the attack)
- Olga Mitrofanova (35 years old) — teacher of the Ryabinka kindergarten[11]
- Ekaterina Sosnova (5 years old) — kindergarten student[12]
- Vladimir Krylov (6 years old) — kindergarten student
- 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.[13] Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova called on the National Guard to be on duty in schools and kindergartens.[14] Russkikh and Yuri Bezdudny, the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, provided their condolences for the tragedy.[15]
See also
Another school-attack incidents that happened in the same year:
Some other school shooting incidents in Russia:
- 2026 Anapa college shooting
- 2023 Bryansk gymnasium shooting
- 2021 Perm State University shooting
- 2021 Kazan gymnasium bombing and shooting
- 2019 Blagoveshchensk college shooting
- 2018 Kerch Polytechnic College bombing and shooting
- 2018 Barabinsk college shooting (in Russian)
- 2014 Moscow school shooting and hostage taking
- 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis
- 1997 Kamyshin school massacre
Also: