The task force headed by Major General who was responsible for the investigation of Kemerovo tragedy figures out the motives of the terrorist action

Russia's investigation unit strenuously checks student Vladyslav Roslyakov, suspected in the organization of the massacre at Kerch college, for ties with the Ukrainian far-right organizations "Right Sector" and far-right Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People's Self-Defence (UNA-UNSO) which are considered to be extremist in Russia as Kommersant reported citing the sources.

"Nevertheless, according to Kommersant, Vladyslav Roslyakov is strenuously checked for ties with the "extremists." However, not religious ones but "Right Sector" and "UNA-UNSO" that are banned in Russia," the message said.

It is noted that at the moment there is no clear evidence of the ties of the shooter with the extremist organizations.

"It could be a conflict with other students or teachers," the source said.

It is supposed that the attack was prepared during a few months. In August, Roslyakov turned 18, and in September, he passed the medical examination and got the license for buying the hunting weapons. The student bought Bekas .12 gauge shotgun and 250 shells in the local firearms shop. He used some of that ammunition during the training at Kerch shooting club. He took away the powder from other shells, thus making self-maid grenades and putting the buckshot and small screws in them.

According to the task force, a mother of a shooter, who worked as a nurse at the oncological hospital and was a member of the Crimean sect Jehovah's Witnesses, put on the extremist list by Russian Justice Ministry in August 2017.

The task force headed by Major General who was responsible for investigation of Kemerovo tragedy figures out the motives of the terrorist action.

As we reported, an explosion thundered at a college in Kerch, the town in Russian-occupied Crimea. The number of the victims increased up to 21.

Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal proceeding due to Crimean blast upon the article on the terrorist action; however, later it reclassified it to the mass murder.

A crime was committed by an 18-year-old student of the college, later he shot himself.

The so-called Head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov stated that the Kerch shooter had support in preparing the terrorist attack in the college on October 17.

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