Sunday, May 03, 2009

EURASIANET: AZERBAIJAN: SHOOTING AT AZERBAIJAN’S OIL ACADEMY LEAVES AT LEAST 13 DEAD

Jessica Powley Hayden 4/30/09

At least 13 people were killed and 13 wounded when a lone gunman went on a rampage at Baku’s Azerbaijan State Oil Academy early on April 30, Azerbaijani officials said. The alleged gunman, a Georgian of Azeri origin, was among the dead.

The shooting began as students gathered for their morning lessons. Some survivors reported seeing more than one gunman. "We were attending a lecture. Someone began to kick the door. Suddenly two [gunmen] burst into the room and shot at the students sitting in the front row. The students began to flee the lecture hall. When I left the room I saw a lot of wounded people in the corridor," one student told APA News Agency.

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