Law enforcement authorities in the Russian Arctics Yamal-Nenets autonomous district announced Tuesday that they introduced a criminal investigation into a school shooting in the city of Novy Urengoy.A student at a technical school fired an air pistol throughout classes.
There were no victims, the local branch of Russias Investigative Committee stated in a statement.Investigators said they are working to develop the situations of the occurrence and have opened a criminal case into neglect and security violations.
The probe will analyze the actions of the schools administration and its security provider.The Telegram news channel Baza, which has purported links to Russian law enforcement, declared that the shooting took place at a trade school run by the energy huge Gazprom.
According to Baza, a 17-year-old student obtained an air handgun from a classmate and fired it at an interactive whiteboard.Novy Urengoy is located around 2,300 kilometers (1,429 miles) northeast of Moscow.
The shooting event marks the second reported school attack in the city in as many days.On Monday, a schoolboy stabbed a security guard in the neck after he intervened in the kids contest with a female student.
The guard did not require hospitalization, however the Investigative Committee said it opened a carelessness case over that incident.According to Baza, the supposed opponent was a 12-year-old fifth-grader who had been bullied over his weight.
He supposedly brought a small kitchen area knife from home, bypassing a metal detector.
He first assaulted the schoolgirl, whose thick coat protected her from injury, before turning the knife on the guard, Baza said.Police on Tuesdaydismissed any link in between the two incidents.These are various people, different institutions.
This is just a coincidence, the local Interior Ministry branch informed the news website Podyom.