events
October 17, 2018
A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre took place in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018. It was a school shooting and bombing attack perpetrated by 18-year-old student, Vladislav Roslyakov. He killed 20 people and wounded 67 others before taking his own life. It was the deadliest school shooting in Russia or Ukraine since the 2004 Beslan school siege.
Kerch Polytechnic College
Kerch Polytechnic College is a higher education institution in Kerch, Crimea. It trains personnel in 16 specialties, and about 300 students enroll for first-year studies at the college annually.
October 17
October 17 is the 290th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 75 days remain until the end of the year.