At least seventeen people were killed and some 50 wounded following a mass shooting and an explosion at a polytechnic college in Crimea's Kerch. Investigators have identified the suspected perpetrator and are looking for potential accomplices.
The suspected perpetrator of the shooting has been identified as Vladislav Roslyakov, a student at the Kerch college, Crimea's head Sergei Aksyonov said Wednesday; the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced that he had shot himself after the blast.
“The potential killer shot himself, committed suicide. He was a student from the same educational institution in his fourth year. His body was found in the library on the second floor,” Aksyonov said.
According to a spokeswoman for the investigative committee, Svetlana Petrenko, the identity of the young man who came to the college immediately before the incident took place had been quickly determined.
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Roslyakov was filmed entering the institution with a gun in his hands, and supposedly started shooting at people inside the college before eventually killing himself.
“Based on the crime scene, investigators preliminarily assume that this young man shot people, who were in the college, later committing suicide. In connection with this, the criminal proceedings previously instituted under article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code have been reclassified to Section 2…
