Death toll in Crimean shooting rises to 20 people

SANAA, Oct. 18 (YPA) – The death toll from the shooting attack on the Polytechnic college in Kerch City of Russia’s Crimean peninsula has risen to 20 people, and all the victims have been identified, local authorities said.

At least fifteen students among the dead, including six minors, and the other five were from college staff and teachers; the Interfax News Agency quoted the city authorities as saying.

The authorities added that they tightened security measures in all education and childcare institutions in the city, on the backdrop of the massacre carried out Wednesday by a polytechnic student using a rifle and an explosive device, which resulted in scores of dead and wounded.

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