Russian soldier shoots dead eight fellow servicemen

[TomSea]

Russian soldier shoots dead eight fellow servicemen

A Russian serviceman has shot dead eight fellow soldiers and injured at least two more on a military base in the country's Far East, officials say.

The soldier - who has been detained - might have been suffering from mental health problems, they said.

The shooting happened in the village of Gorny, not far from the city of Chita, on Friday evening.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50184909

https://www.rferl.org/a/solider-kills-eight-wounds-two-in-shooting-spree-at-russian-military-unit/30236309.html

[mountaineer]

Story says he's a conscript. I wonder if there's any possibility he's Muslim.

[PeteS in CA]

Story says he's a conscript. I wonder if there's any possibility he's Muslim.

Given what Stalin did to Central Asian people groups (e.g. the Chechens) and how common Islam is among those people groups, that is at least possible.

[sneakypete]

The soldier - who has been detained - might have been suffering from mental health problems, they said.

Ya think?????

[PeteS in CA]

In the Soviet era "mental health problems" was a very flexible term.

[sneakypete]

In the Soviet era "mental health problems" was a very flexible term.

@PeteS in CA

Kinda like in America today,huh?

Homeless people who wander around mumbling to themselves and eating their own feces are not suffering from mental health problems and need to be allowed to roam free AND VOTE,while gun owners with jobs,homes,and families are considered to be nut cases.

"Whut iz up is sposta be doawn,and whut iz doawn sposta be up!" (Quote from the famous philosopher/well known Dim brainiac environmentalist whose house glows so brightly at night it can be seen from space even if he isn't home who would have been a US President if it hadn't been stolen from him,just like it was stolen from Bubbette! a few years later.)

Nope,no problems here,is there?