A man opened flame at the Perm Province Academy in Russian Federation on Monday.

He has been identified as a male person student but not yet clear whether a student at the institution.

At to the lowest degree 8 people were killed and to a greater extent than 20 injured, the province investigative commission said.

The suspect was arrested and wounded after resisting law enforcement officers.

The shooter was said to have entered the academy campus “with an offensive weapon”.

RIA Novosti reported that some students and teachers locked themselves into classrooms during the onslaught.

The province commission is collating farther information on the dead and injured. A murder investigation has been opened.