MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. /TASS/. An unknown attacker opened fire in a school in Izhevsk, the police have been out to apprehend the criminal, local law enforcers told TASS on Monday.

"Today, the police received a report about shooting at School 88 in Izhevsk. Police officers immediately set out to the scene. Measures are being taken to apprehend the suspect," the law enforcers said.

Reports about casualties are being verified, they added. The school administration said students and teachers had been evacuated.