2018 Barabinsk college shooting

2018 Barabinsk college shooting
Location	Barabinsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Date	10 May 2018 c. 7:00 a.m.  (NOVT; UTC+07:00)
Attack type	School shooting
Weapon	IZh-12 double-barreled shotgun
Deaths	1 (the perpetrator)
Injured	3 (1 by gunfire)
Perpetrator	Ilya Ivanistov
Motive	Retaliation for bullying

On 10 May 2018, 16-year-old Ilya Ivanistov opened fire with a shotgun inside the Barabinsk branch of Novosibirsk Lunin College of Transport Technologies in Barabinsk, Russia. Ivanistov shot one student in the shoulder inside a classroom before exiting the classroom and fatally shooting himself. Two students suffered injuries from jumping out of a window.

Background

The N. A. Lunin Barabinsk Railway College is a leading specialized institution in the Novosibirsk Region that has been training personnel for the West Siberian Railway since 1922.

The educational process covers key industries, from driving electric locomotives and track maintenance to automation systems and transportation services. Students are trained on modern simulators, undergo practical training at real Russian Railways facilities and are provided with a dormitory. Admission is based on the average score of the certificate, while mandatory professional medical selection is provided for future machinists. The college is considered the main forge of personnel for the railway hubs of the region, guaranteeing graduates demand and employment.

Shooting

The shooter, a 16-year-old first-year student Ilya Ivanistov, brought a double-barreled shotgun, stolen by him from his father, into the college building and assembled it in a bathroom, before entering a classroom, previously checking the class schedule to make sure that the students are present.

After entering, the perpetrator shouted: "You made fun of me, now I'm making fun of you!", before firing one round randomly, wounding a student in the shoulder, and exiting the classroom. Following the shooting, the attacker was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head at the scene.

In addition to the student who was shot, two other students were injured after jumping from a classroom window while attempting to escape.

Perpetrator

Ilya Ivanistov was born on August 2, 2001, in the city of Kuibyshev, Novosibirsk Oblast. At the time of the incident he was 16 years old, and was a first-year student at the Barabinsk branch of the Novosibirsk College of Transportation, specializing in electrician traction substation.

Ilya's father is a non-departmental security officer. He was engaged in hunting, where he had used to take his son with him. Multiple photos with swastikas were discovered on the teenager's Vkontakte page. After the incident, the page was removed for "violating the rules of the site." He was fond of "extremist movements" and regularly visited online communities dedicated to firearms.

Victims

The students who jumped out of the window (18-year-old Gasim Agagul-Oglu Hasanov and 17-year-old Daniil Sergeevich Nikolaizin) suffered leg fractures. One of them was able to reach the dormitory across the street in a state of shock.

The student with a gunshot wound (Dmitry Boldenkov) was taken to the Barabinsk Central District Hospital in serious condition, while the other two students with leg fractures were in moderate condition. A shotgun blast took out five centimeters of the bone and muscles of the forearm. Boldenkov was transported by an air ambulance aircraft to the city of Novosibirsk. Surgeons cut off the muscles of the back and replaced the loss of tissue, then took part of the bone from the hip and inserted a titanium pin.