17 killed in school shooting in Azerbaijan

Per Russia Today, at least 17 students were killed and 13 injured after a gunman began shooting at Baku Oil Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday morning. Some students jumped out windows to escape the incident, per RT. Syrian and Turkish citizens are reportedly among the victims.

Twitterers in the region have been exchanging information.

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   onewmphoto (Armenia) Friend in Baku informs via IM that Azerbaijan incident has ended. However, no official announcement 30 Apr 2009 from web
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   onewmphoto (Armenia) Friend in Baku says ANS reports "15 people are in morgue" after Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting 30 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck
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   onewmphoto (Armenia) Interfax reports Azerbaijan shooting possibly result of argument between foreign students. BTW: Tasteless photo. -- http://bit.ly/U1baI 30 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck
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   gridpulse (Bucharest, Romania) back in Romania, glad to escape from Baku (I was on my way home when I heard about the university shooting - http://bit.ly/Ht2l9) 30 Apr 2009 from web
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   suavekhmer (Moscow, Russia) Azerbaijan's ANS TV reports 17 dead in oil school shooting, 13 wounded. Lonely gunman, 25, reportedly kills himself. 30 Apr 2009 from web

A Twitterer in Baku posted these updates on the news:

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   ppouyaa (Baku, Azerbaijan) some students of oil university of baku, recently died.. 30 Apr 2009 from web
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   ppouyaa (Baku, Azerbaijan) all of universities are closed now... 30 Apr 2009 from web
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   ppouyaa (Baku, Azerbaijan) those students were killed by gun...
   it's so Bad.. 30 Apr 2009 from web
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   ppouyaa (Baku, Azerbaijan) i'm so sad... 30 Apr 2009 from web

17 killed in school shooting in Azerbaijan