Izhevsk school shooting
| Izhevsk school shooting | |
|---|---|
Shrine for the victims in Alushta | |
| Location | 56°52′06.7″N 53°12′19.4″E / 56.868528°N 53.205389°E Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, 285, Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia |
| Date | 26 September 2022 |
| Target | Students and staff at School No. 88 |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder–suicide, school shooting, pedicide |
| Weapons | Two Makarov traumatic pistols converted to fire live rounds |
| Deaths | 19 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 23 |
| Perpetrator | Artyom Igorevich Kazantsev |
| Motive | Possibly misanthropy |
On 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Eighteen people were killed and twenty-three others were wounded before the gunman, identified as Artyom Kazantsev committed suicide.