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Crimean college shooter opened gunfire after explosion rocked building

A teen suspected of going on a shooting spree at Kerch Polytechnic College, opened fire after an initial explosion rocked the facility

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SIMFEROPOL, October 17. /TASS/. A teen suspected of going on a shooting spree at Kerch Polytechnic College, opened fire after an initial explosion rocked the facility, Crimea’s Deputy Prime Minister Igor Mikhailichenko told TASS on Wednesday.

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"The shooting broke out after the explosion," Mikhailichenko specified. "The gunman opened fire from a hunting rifle. The motives are still unknown and investigators are still working at the scene of the tragedy."

A fourth-year student from Kerch Polytechnic College launched a shooting spree on the institute’s premises on Wednesday afternoon and then committed suicide by shooting himself.

According to the National Anti-Terror Committee, 17 were killed. Conversely, Crimea Head Sergei Aksyonov has said that 18 people were killed and 47 more were injured.

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