Heartbroken and drunken man goes on shooting spree in Krasnoyarsk

Gunshots were heard in the afternoon of September 6 near School No. 66 in Krasnoyarsk. Frightened locals called emergency services. Police and units of Russian National Guard quickly arrived at the scene and cordoned off the building.

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The shooter was soon found and detained.

Special forces stormed his apartment as the man refused to open the door to let law-enforcers in. He locked himself on the balcony and shouted that he had nothing to lose.

It became known later that the man started shooting his gun after a breakup with his ex-wife. The 31-year-old man named only as Yuri drank too much and broke into the apartment where he used to live with his wife. The woman was not home, but when she returned, she found her drunken ex at her place and escaped after having a fight with him. The man then grabbed a shotgun and started shooting towards a parking lot nearby. No one was hurt.

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Krasnoyarsk is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a population of over 1.1 million. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the renowned Trans-Siberian Railway, and is one of the largest producers of aluminium in the country. The city is known for its natural landscape; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia. The Stolby Nature Sanctuary is located 10 km south of the city. Krasnoyarsk is a major educational centre in Siberia, and hosts the Siberian Federal University. In 2019, Krasnoyarsk was the host city of the 2019 Winter Universiade, the third hosted in Russia.