Massacre in Baku, Azerbaijan

During early morning on Thursday, April 30, an assailant opened fire in one of the buildings of the Azerbaijan Oil Academy, located in Baku. According to local news, it all began with a dispute that broke out between students at the building: one of the participants in the debate took out a pistol and began firing at opponents, and then ran into the Academy and continued shooting at the students inside. As a result, 12 people were killed, including the assailant, and another 10 wounded.

Azerbaijan Ministry of Health has published a complete list of those killed at the Academy. According to this document, the attacker killed 12 people. All of them were citizens of Azerbaijan, the eldest of whom was born in 1940, the youngest - in 1990.

According to the Azerbaijan authorities, the assailant was a citizen of Georgia, Mr. Gadirov Ferdi Asad oglu, born in 1980. Previously, the media have repeatedly reported that the killer could be an Azerbaijani with Georgian citizenship. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan has confirmed the information that the killer committed suicide. The authorities are saying that revenge against the school was the likely motive for the killings - the victims include several professors and Vice-Rector of the Academy.