Table 1. Attacks of school students on classmates and employees of educational organizations of Russia using firearms throughout 2014–2018.

Event Date	Accident Site	Firearms, number of attackers and injured people	Outcome for attacker
03.02.2014	School 263, Moscow, Russia	Small-bore rifle, 1 attacker, 2 dead adults (teacher and school guard), 1 injured adult (police officer)	Detained, sent for compulsory treatment by court order
10.05.2018	Lunin Branch of the Novosibirsk College of Transport Technologies, Barabinsk, Russia	Smoothbore hunting rifle, 3 injured college students	Suicide
17.10.2018	Polytechnic College, Kerch, Russia	Firearms, explosive devices, 1 attacker, 5 college workers and 16 college students including the attacker killed, 67 people injured	Suicide

Table 2. Attacks of school students on classmates and employees of educational organizations of Russia using cold steel and other types of weapon throughout 2014–2018.

Event Date	Accident Site	Firearms, number of attackers and injured people	Outcome for attacker
14.04.2014	School 39, St.-Petersburg, Russia	1 attacker, 1 injured adult (teacher)	Detained, sent for compulsory treatment
15.12.2014	School 4, Bryansk, Russia	Air gun, 1 injured student	Detained
17.03.2016	College of Hospitality and Management 23, Moscow, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured	Detained
18.03.2016	School 3, Nakhodka, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 killed (student)	Suicide
1.11.2017	Polytechnical College 42 Moscow, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 killed adult (teacher)	Suicide
05.09.2017	School 1, Ivanteevka, Russia	Air gun, топор, 1 attacker, 3 injured (students) и 1 injured adult (teacher)	Detained
8.12.2017	School 4, Irkutsk, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured student	Detained
25.10.2017	School 85, Volgograd, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured student	Detained
11.02.2017	School 1, Nizhnekamsk, Russia	Air gun, 1 student killed	Detained
17.11.2017	School 48, Nizhniy Novgorod	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured student	Detained
28.11.2017	School 1, Vysokovsk, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured	Detained
12.05.2017	School 2, Usinsk, Komi Republic, Russia	Air gun, 1 injured student	Detained
15.01.2018	School 127, Perm, Russia	2 attackers, knives, 9 injured students, 1 injured teacher	Detained
17.01.2018	School in Smolnoe village, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 пострадавший ученик	Detained
19.01.2018	School in Sosnovyy Bor Town, Russia	Axe, bottle bomb, 1 attacker, 6 injured students, 1 injured teacher	Detained
18.04.2018	School 1, Sterlitamak, Bashkorkostan, Russia	1 attacker, knife, 1 injured (student)	Detained

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