Kerch Polytechnic College massacre

Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
	Vladislav Roslyakov, armed with a shotgun, descends the stairs in the college building. CCTV footage, October 17, 2018
Native name	Массовое убийство в Керченском политехническом колледже
Location	Kerch Polytechnic College, Kerch, Crimea Russia (de facto); Ukraine (de jure);
Coordinates	45°21′23″N 36°32′08″E / 45.35639°N 36.53556°E
Date	17 October 2018 ; 11:40 (UTC+3:00)
Target	Students and staff
Attack type	School bombing, mass murder, school shooting, murder–suicide, mass shooting
Weapons	Hatsan Escort Aimguard 12 gauge pump-action shotgun; Knife (unused, kept in left boot); Nail bomb; Pipe bombs (unused); Molotov cocktail (unused);
Deaths	21 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	67
Perpetrator	Vladislav Roslyakov

The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre was a school shooting and bomb attack that occurred in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018, when 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov killed 20 people and wounded 70 others before subsequently committing suicide. It was the deadliest school shooting in the former Soviet Union since the 2004 Beslan school siege.^[2]

^ "Ружье "для самообороны" и картечь на волка – стало известно, какое оружие использовал "Керченский стрелок"" [Shotgun "for self-defense" and buckshot to hunt the wolf - it became known what weapon the "Kerch shooter" used]. Dialog.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
^ Satter, David (13 November 2006). "The Truth About Beslan". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[1] "Ружье "для самообороны" и картечь на волка – стало известно, какое оружие использовал "Керченский стрелок"" [Shotgun "for self-defense" and buckshot to hunt the wolf - it became known what weapon the "Kerch shooter" used]. Dialog.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 18 October 2018.

[:7-2] Satter, David (13 November 2006). "The Truth About Beslan". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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