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Two killed in Moscow school shooting

  • Interior Ministry members in uniform and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    Interior Ministry members in uniform and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow

    Interior Ministry members in uniform and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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    Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

    Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
  • Interior Ministry members and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    Interior Ministry members and other authorities gather outside a high school on the outskirts of Moscow

    Interior Ministry members and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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    Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

    Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
  • Interior Ministry members stand guard as bystanders and relatives of students gather behind a fence near a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    Interior Ministry members stand guard as people gather behind a fence near a high school, on the outskirts of Moscow

    Interior Ministry members stand guard as bystanders and relatives of students gather behind a fence near a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • Police officers enter a Moscow school with a teacher on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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    Police officers enter a Moscow school with a teacher on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

    Police officers enter a Moscow school with a teacher on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
  • A woman and child walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    A woman and child walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow

    A woman and child walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • Children walk out of the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    Children leave the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow

    Children walk out of the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • Women and children walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    Women and children walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow

    Women and children walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • An aerial view shows a high school building (R), where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    An aerial view shows a high school where a shooting incident occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow

    An aerial view shows a high school building (R), where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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  • A police mini bus, which witnesses and journalists on site claim to be transporting the student who shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, drives out of the premises of a high school on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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    A police mini bus, which witnesses and journalists on site claim to be transporting the student involved in a shooting incident, drives out of a high school on the outskirts of Moscow

    A police mini bus, which witnesses and journalists on site claim to be transporting the student who shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, drives out of the premises of a high school on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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Interior Ministry members in uniform and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Interior Ministry members and other authorities gather outside a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Interior Ministry members stand guard as bystanders and relatives of students gather behind a fence near a high school, where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Police officers enter a Moscow school with a teacher on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A woman and child walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Children walk out of the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Women and children walk outside the premises of a high school, where a shooting incident has occurred, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
An aerial view shows a high school building (R), where a student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
A police mini bus, which witnesses and journalists on site claim to be transporting the student who shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage, drives out of the premises of a high school on the outskirts of Moscow, February 3, 2014. The student was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
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A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom on Monday before he was disarmed and detained, police said, just days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics.

In a rare school shooting in Russia, the attacker entered his school in northern Moscow carrying a rifle and held students and a teacher hostage in a biology classroom, police in the capital said. (Reuters)

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