Students leap from windows after gunman kills three in university shooting

Video from Perm State University appears to show students leaping from windows at Perm State University to escape

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Russia university shooting: Students leap from windows after gunman injures four

A gunman has opened fire at a university in Russia, killing at least three people, according to reports..

Terrified students hid in auditoriums and video shows several people jumping from windows in order to escape the attack at Perm State University.

The Interfax news agency claimed that there had been fatalities, but this has not been confirmed.

The shooter – identified in Russian media as 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov – was shot dead at the scene.

Another clip shows a man armed with a large weapon walking toward the university building in the city of Perm, around 700 miles east of Moscow.

Video shows people leaping from a first floor window to escape

A figure at Russia’s interior ministry told RBC that three people were killed, while a university spokesperson told Reuters that four were injured.

A law enforcement source told Tass news agency: “On Monday, an unidentified person entered the university building and opened fire.

“Some students locked themselves in universities auditoriums to hide from the attacker. Some students jumped out of the windows. Law enforcement agents are heading to the site.”

A clip shows people leaping from a first floor window as the attack unfolded.

Video appears to show a gunman striding toward the building
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Bekmansurov had reportedly posted on social media about getting a gun licence, and appeared to be in a distressed state of mind before the attack.

He wrote: “However long I’ve known myself, I’ve always thought of death.”

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