Baku Academy Massacre / Бойня в бакинской академии

UPDATE! Генпрокуратура назвала имя устроившего бойню в Государственной нефтяной академии в Баку: это 28-летний гражданин Грузии, этнический азербайджанец Фарда Асад оглу Гадиров. Силовики говорят, что преступник действовал в одиночку. По официальной информации, жертвами стали 12 человек, СМИ сообщают о двух десятках погибших.

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Azerbaijan's government says at least one gunman opened fire at the country's prestigious oil training institution on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding 10.

Chief paramedic Mursal Hamidov said the attacker committed suicide inside the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, but the government did not confirm that report. The Interior Ministry said a special police operation had ended. Details of the incident - including the identity of the suspected killer - were not immediately available.

The academy, which has existed under a variety of names since the beginning of the 20th century, has long been recognized as a major international centre for the training of oil industry specialists. Among its graduates were Vagit Alekperov, the president of Lukoil, Russia's biggest independent oil producer; Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan's first post-Soviet president; Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos; and Lavrenti Beria, the head of the Soviet secret police under Josef Stalin.