At least eight people were killed and 19 were injured in a shooting at a university campus in the Russian city of Perm.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, meanwhile, confirmed that the attacker had been identified, as well as that he was a student of that University, foreign media write, Telegrafi reports.

Police, meanwhile, said the attacker had a gun license, and that he bought the rifle with which he wounded and killed the students legally.

Police confirmed it was 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov, who allegedly posted the motives of the attack on social media before the attack.

🇷🇺 #Russia

Russia si Russia

There are dead and wounded.

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"I have chosen a date, it will be September 20.

"I am trying to study the passages between the buildings in order to apply them to my plan in the university courtyard," the suspected author wrote on the social network.

Timur then wrote that he hated himself and wanted to hurt anyone who came in front of him.

"The cry became even louder, as if a habit were shaking my head.

The feeling that everything around is just a dream does not leave me.

I see no reason to write anything else.

In the end, I can say that I am neither the first nor the last.

Stopping guns will not save you, cars, bombs, knives, anything you can get your hands on will kill you.

"People like me will destroy everything around you," he wrote.

🇷🇺 According to preliminary data, the shooting was opened by 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov, now he has barricaded himself in one of the university classrooms.

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A photo of the suspected attacker quickly began circulating on Twitter.

He was photographed disguised, with a helmet on his head, and was wearing an ammunition vest and a raised middle finger.

We remind you, this morning, the assailant, armed with a rifle, disguised and dressed in a black suit, entered the University courtyard and started firing on people.

In the case of Timur Bekmansurov, who was a member of the Armed Forces, he is a member of the Social Welfare Department.

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Meanwhile some pictures that appeared on social networks show scared students jumping out of windows.

A source confirmed to Interfax that the attacker was killed in a shootout with police, but there is still no official confirmation.

A police investigation is underway, which should determine the exact motive of the attack. /

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