9 dead, 20 wounded in school shooting in Russia

moscow: a gunman on monday morning killed nine people and wounded 20 others in a school in central russia, authorities said.russia's investigative committee said in an online statement that two guards, two teachers and five students were killed in the shooting in a school in izhevsk, a city about 960 kilometres (596 miles) east of moscow in the udmurtia region.governor of udmurtia alexander brechalov said in a video statement that the still unidentified gunman shot himself.the school educated children between grades 1 and 11. it has been evacuated and area around it has been fenced off, the governor said.no details about the gunman or his motives have been released.izhevsk, a city of 640,000, is located west of the ural mountains in central russia.