Russia: Kerch attack leaves 18 killed

Officials initially said an "unidentified explosive device" detonated, but now say all the victims died of gunshot wounds at the technical college in Kerch, BBC reported.

Russian investigators have said that a student was involved in the incident.

He later killed himself, reports said.

He has been identified as Vladislav Roslyakov, reported BBC.

The incident had initially been described as a "terrorist act", but Russia's investigative committee has now reclassified it as "mass murder", the British media outlet reported.

Security officials have reached the scene of the incident.

Nearly 50 people have been injured in the attack.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee was quoted as saying by Sputnik News agency: "A young man that came to the college immediately prior the incident, holding a gun in his hands, has been identified. It was a 4th year college student, 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov. His body with a gunshot wound was found in one of the localities of the college. On the basis of the pattern of the crime, the investigators believe that the young man shot people in the college and then committed suicide."

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