WASHINGTON, January 5 American police confirmed the death of a student and injury five more people in a school shooting in the town of Perry, Iowa.
The fire was opened by 17-year-old student of the same school, Dylan Butler, who was armed with a pump-action shotgun and a pistol.
«There are six victims, one of who died,” Mitch Mortvedt, a spokesman for the investigation department, said at a press conference.
The murdered man was identified as a sixth-grader, and among the wounded were four schoolchildren and one school administration employee.
The police found the shooter wounded, which he inflicted on himself. His condition is not known. The media wrote that the criminal, who acted alone, died.
In the school building, police also found an undetonated improvised explosive device, which was neutralized.
The shooting occurred before the start of the first day of school after the winter break, which is why the school was relatively quiet. few students, law enforcement officials say.