Several killed in shooting in western Russia

  • 11 years ago
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STORY: A gunman shot dead six people in the western Russian city of Belgorod on Monday before speeding away in a car, local police said.

Five people died at the scene, while another woman died in hospital several hours later.

Police said one of the victims was a 14-year-old girl. The motive was not immediately clear.

Amateur footage on Mreporter.ru website showed corpses in the street covered with light blue plastic body bags and a crowd of onlookers gathered in a main street of Belgorod, near a school.

A local law enforcement source said police had surrounded a car fair, where they were looking for the suspect.

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