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At least 10 dead in Azeri college shooting
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April 30, 2009, Thursday
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AT least 10 people were shot dead at a university in the capital of oil-producing Azerbaijan today, Azeri news agencies reported.
It was unclear how many gunmen were involved in the shooting at the State Oil Academy in Baku.
The Azeri Press Agency quoted a senior police official as saying the "terrorists" had been neutralised.
Medical officials said at least seven people had died, but Novosti-Azerbaijan and Azeri Trend news agencies both said at least ten had been shot dead.
Police special forces and ambulances rushed to the scene and access roads were closed, a Reuters reporter said.
Mursal Gamidov, head of the Baku ambulance service, said it appeared there was one gunman who he said was a student of the academy.
But a student who asked not to be named told Reuters he believed there were two gunmen.
"As far as I know there were two terrorists," he said. "One of them committed suicide and another was arrested by police."
He said the shooting started shortly after classes began at 9:00am.
Azerbaijan is a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet state on the shores of the Caspian Sea, where it holds vast reserves of oil and gas.
It was unclear how many gunmen were involved in the shooting at the State Oil Academy in Baku.
The Azeri Press Agency quoted a senior police official as saying the "terrorists" had been neutralised.
Medical officials said at least seven people had died, but Novosti-Azerbaijan and Azeri Trend news agencies both said at least ten had been shot dead.
Police special forces and ambulances rushed to the scene and access roads were closed, a Reuters reporter said.
Mursal Gamidov, head of the Baku ambulance service, said it appeared there was one gunman who he said was a student of the academy.
But a student who asked not to be named told Reuters he believed there were two gunmen.
"As far as I know there were two terrorists," he said. "One of them committed suicide and another was arrested by police."
He said the shooting started shortly after classes began at 9:00am.
Azerbaijan is a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet state on the shores of the Caspian Sea, where it holds vast reserves of oil and gas.
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