11 killed, 15 injured in shootout at training ground in Russia’s Belgorod region

“Two nationals of a CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] country” have opened fire at a training ground in Russia’s Belgorod region, the Russian Defence Ministry reports. Eleven people were killed and 15 are injured.

“During a shooting exercise with volunteers getting ready for the special operation, terrorists opened fire on unit personnel using firearms,” the message reads.

“Two terrorists were eliminated” in return fire, the ministry added. Law enforcement bodies are working on the scene.

According to Mash Telegram channel, volunteers from the Bryansk region were killed in the shootout.

Baza Telegram channel reports that the shooting took place today at about 10 AM at a training ground in the Valuyki district of Russia’s Belgorod region.

“Several minutes later, the shooters were killed. The injured were taken to a hospital in Valuyki. At least two of them have gunshot wounds of the legs, another one was shot in the chest,” Baza wrote.

On 26 September, a resident of Russia’s Ust-Ilimsk opened fire at a draft office, wounding chief of the draft commission Alexander Eliseev. Eliseev was hospitalised in a critical condition.

The shooter, 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin, was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and illegal acquisition and possession of firearms. Preliminary information suggests that Zinin decided to open fire over a draft notice received by his cousin and over the death of his best friend during the war in Ukraine.