BAKU – Thirteen people were killed at a university in Azerbaijan yesterday when a gunman opened fire on teachers and students after the bell rang for morning classes.
A police source said the gunman, a Georgian citizen of Azeri origin, was among the dead.
The government said it did not see a political motive behind the shooting at the State Oil Academy in Baku, capital of the mainly Muslim former Soviet republic, which exports oil and gas to Europe from platforms in the Caspian Sea.
Witnesses said the shooting began shortly after 9am, with a gunman climbing the stairs and firing on each of the six floors.
“He climbed from the first floor to the sixth, shooting people mainly in the head from a Makarov pistol ,” the state prosecutor’s office said.
It said 13 people were killed and 13 wounded. – (Reuters)