Kerch Polytechnic College massacre

Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
	Roslyakov descending a flight of stairs whilst reloading his shotgun
Native name	Массовое убийство в Керченском политехническом колледже
Location	45°21′23″N 36°32′08″E / 45.35639°N 36.53556°E; Kerch Polytechnic College, Kerch, Crimea Russia (de facto); Ukraine (de jure);
Date	17 October 2018
Target	Students and staff
Attack type	School shooting, school bombing, murder–suicide, mass murder
Weapons	12-gauge Hatsan Escort Aimguard pump-action shotgun (pistol-grip); Nail bomb; Smoke grenades; Knife (unused); Pipe bombs (unused); Molotov cocktail (unused);
Deaths	21 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	73
Perpetrator	Vladislav Igorevich Roslyakov
Motive	Undetermined. Possibly bullying, social protest, and depression (according to the head of Investigative Committee)

On 17 October 2018, a school shooting and bombing attack occurred in Kerch, Crimea. The perpetrator, 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, killed 20 people and wounded 73 others before taking his own life. It was the deadliest school shooting in Russia or Ukraine since the 2004 Beslan school siege.