A ninth-grader in Zakarpattia fired twice in a classroom: a classmate was wounded

In Zakarpattia on Thursday, April 16, a 9th-grade student brought a pistol to school and fired twice in the classroom, injuring a classmate; later patrol police detained the student.

At 09:30 a call to 102 reported that a minor had threatened someone with a pistol and then opened fire. The incident was reported by the Zakarpattia Regional Police.

After wounding a classmate, the boy fled in an unknown direction, but officers quickly located and detained him.

The police provided an update on the victim’s condition and the work of officers at the scene.

“Police units are working at the scene. Medics examined the victim; his life and health are not in danger. Police have seized the pistol — preliminarily a traumatic (non-lethal) weapon.”

Investigators, together with juvenile police, are establishing how the weapon ended up in the minor’s hands and are determining the legal classification of the incident.

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