AZERBAIJAN GUNMAN KILLS COLLEGE STUDENTS
At least 10 people were shot dead this morning and eight injured after a student went on the rampage at his campus in Baku, the capital of oil-rich Caspian state of Azerbaijan.
The student opened fire after a dispute with other members of his college faculty, Azerbaijani media reported this morning. He then shot himself.
According to witnesses a quarrel erupted on the campus of the Azeri state oil academy in Baku. One student produced a pistol and started shooting at the others point-blank. He then ran into the academy building and continued to fire.
The Baku news agency APA reported that the shooting may have been as a result of a conflict between Azerbaijani and foreign students studying at the college. The gunmen, according to eyewitnesses are of “Afro-Arabian origin”.