Latest 'Columbine' Adds To Scrutiny Over Russia's Efforts To Improve School Security May 11, 2021 18:18 GMT Share share Print The Columbine comparisons began as soon as word and video footage of the deadly attack on School No. 175 in Kazan emerged. But if school shootings were described less than a decade ago as a rarity in Russia, this time Russian headlines lamented “another” attack that echoed the infamous 1999 tragedy at a U.S. high school. The May 11 attack in the Tatar capital -- in which at least nine people were killed and 21 wounded -- has been blamed on a disgruntled former student of the school equipped with a legally registered gun.