Fifteen dead, including 11 children, and 24 hurt in school shooting in Russia

Interior ministry says gunman killed himself after shooting in Izhevsk in Udmurtia region

An aerial view of the Russian city of Izhevsk. Photograph: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

A gunman has opened fire in a school in central Russia, killing 15 people including 11 children and hurting 24 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said.

The shooting took place at School Number 88 in Izhevsk, a city 600 miles east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region.