UPDATE: The gunman was a graduate of the same school, and was wearing a black t-shirt bearing 'Nazi symbols'. 9News
The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometres east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the shooting as "a terrorist act" and said Russian President Vladimir Putin has given all the necessary orders to the relevant authorities. In this handout image taken from video released by the Russian Investigative Committee, ammunition is seen on a table at the scene of a school shooting.
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