Guard Killed in Russia College Shooting
Last update: February 11, 2026
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Student Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 3 in Russian college....
A student opened fire at a technical college in the southern Russian city of Anapa, killing a security guard and wounding three others, regional authorities said on Wednesday in the latest in a series of attacks on educational institutions.
Police said the attacker was detained following the shooting at the college in Anapa, a Black Sea city near Moscow-annexed Crimea. Investigators were working to establish the circumstances of the attack.
Krasnodar region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said the security guard was killed while attempting to stop the assailant.
“A security guard, who was the first to take a blow. He reacted quickly and called law enforcement agencies,” Kondratyev said, adding that the guard had prevented the attacker from entering further into the college.
Two people suffered moderate injuries and the number of victims was still being clarified, he said.
“This is a horrific crime,” Kondratyev added.
Unverified video circulating on social media showed a youth dressed in black with his hands raised near the entrance of the college, which was decorated with imagery commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
Shootings at schools and universities were once rare in Russia but have become more frequent in recent months.
Earlier this month, authorities reported a knife attack at a university in the Urals region, a stabbing at a school in Siberia carried out by a schoolgirl, and an air-gun attack by a schoolboy in central Russia.
The Anapa incident came a day after Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), urged regional leaders to strengthen efforts to prevent school violence amid the rise in attacks.
State media cited Bortnikov as telling a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee that preventive measures among young people were insufficient and warned that “the enemy” was seeking to exploit youths through social media.
Russian schools have in recent years been a focus of state messaging related to Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine.
