The teenager, named as Roman G, has revealed in police testimony leaked to local media his reasons for his brutal attack on his classmates, including slitting a girl’s throat
A teenage boy who slit a schoolboy’s throat during a bloody rampage said he carried out the attack to “become famous”.
The suspect, a boy named as Roman G, was detained on site and later taken to hospital after the sickening incident. A female victim, named as 13-year-old Valeria E lost consciousness after she was hit on the head by a hammer and had her throat slit in the disturbing incident. She was rushed to hospital in a serious condition following the attack at the school in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The boy’s testimony was leaked to Russian media. Speaking to police, Roman revealed his reasons behind the horrific attack. During the talks, he said he had wanted to broadcast online.
Asked why, he said: “So everyone would look at me,” he said. A police officer asked if he wanted to become famous, to which he answered: “Well, yes.”
Of the attack, he said: ““I changed my clothes…I was also planning to broadcast [online], but it didn’t work out So I stuck the hammers in my belt…There were two hammers, a pistol and a knife.
“Then a boy came here, I told him to get out – and he went…
“I ran there, to the Biology class. I ran to the blackboard, stopped abruptly, shot the girls twice very quickly. Then I started hitting them with hammers…the first time on the head.
“Then she covered herself and I hit her again. Then I hit Masha [Maria] on the head. And then Andrei ran. He called to me…I hit him on the head. He covered his head, then ran.”
He was finally detained here, in the school toilets.
The other wounded students were named as Andrey V and Maria R, both 13. Maria was also undergoing surgery.
A grandmother of one of the wounded girls said: “He went into the classroom, sat there for a while, came out with a gun, an axe, a knife – and this is what happened.” She added: “How did they let him into the school? I don’t understand. It’s just horrible.”
News outlet Baza reported that Roman “came to school all in black in the middle of the first lesson, but did not go straight to the classroom, but walked past and went towards the toilet. “A few minutes later, he ran screaming into the classroom where the Biology lesson was taking place and started waving a hammer.
“First, he hit one of the girls on the head, then the teacher. After that, Roman hit another girl and a boy, ran out of the classroom and ran down the corridor.”