The individual was eventually arrested and, according to the governor of the Irkutsk area, “will definitely be punished” during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
According to a story in The Guardian, a man in Russia opened fire at a draught office in the Irkutsk area of the nation on Monday, seriously injuring the chairman of the draught committee. Ust-Ilimsk, a city in the Siberian area with a population of roughly 85,000, was the scene of the event, the outlet added. This is the most recent event connected to partial mobilisation announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which sparked huge protests across the nation.
Social media videos show the shooter starting to fire at the draught office. In one of the videos, he can be seen shooting at the official as other guys who have been summoned for drafting flee. Later, police arrested the shooter.
The official is critically ill and has been taken to a nearby hospital. The man was not moving, but a video appeared to show him being carried out of the building on a stretcher, according to The Guardian.
Igor Kobzev, the governor of Irkutsk, stated in a Telegram message that the head of the draught office was hospitalised and was in a severe condition, and that the gunman who was being held “would definitely be punished,” according to The Guardian.
Before starting to fire, the shooter remarked, “Nobody is going anywhere,” the news source added.
The assailant has been identified as 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin, according to the news agency Reuters.
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation last Wednesday, a number of draught offices have been targeted.
Over the weekend, there were protests against the conscription in Dagestan and Yakutia, two countries that have sent an excessive number of soldiers for the conflict in Ukraine.
