Kazan school shooting

Kazan school shooting
Ilnaz Galyaviev on 11 May 2021
LocationJaudata Faizi Street, 8, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Coordinates55°47′35″N 49°13′29″E / 55.79306°N 49.22472°E / 55.79306; 49.22472
Date11 May 2021
9:24 — 9:32
TargetGymnasium
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, school shooting, school bombing
Weapons
Deaths9
Injured23
PerpetratorIlnaz Galyaviev
MotiveGrandiose delusions
VerdictPleaded guilty
Convictions
SentenceLife imprisonment

On 11 May 2021, a school shooting and bomb attack occurred in Kazan, Tatarstan, in the western part of Russia. Seven 8th-grade students and two teachers were murdered, all by gunfire, and 23 others were injured. The perpetrator was identified as 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev, a former student. He pleaded guilty to the murder of two or more persons on 12 May and was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2023.