Eight killed in shooting at Russian university: State investigators

Moscow: The death toll from a shooting at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday has risen to eight people and several others are wounded, the Investigative Committee law enforcement agency said.

A student gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday. The gunman was detained shortly after the incident at Perm State University, located around 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) east of Moscow, a university spokesperson and the police said.

Students jumped from first-floor windows to escape the building, landing heavily on the ground before running to safety, local media video footage from the scene showed.