Eight dead in school shooting in Kazan, say Russian officials

President of Tatarstan republic describes incident as great tragedy for the whole country'

A gunman attacked a school in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday morning, killing seven students and a teacher, officials have said.

Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of the Tatarstan republic where Kazan is the capital, said four male and three female eighth-grade students died in a great tragedy for the whole country". Minnikhanov's press service later said a teacher was also killed. Eighth-grade children in Russia are 13 and 14 years old.