Survivors of Russian university shooting airlifted to Moscow

A police officer walks past flowers and candles displayed on a table outside the Perm State University following a campus shooting. Picture: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky

Seven survivors of a shooting at a university in central Russia that left six people dead and 28 more wounded are being airlifted to Moscow for medical treatment.

Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov said the shooting at the Perm State University was a “grave tragedy” and offered condolences to the families of the victims.