Moscow - A soldier fatally shot eight fellow servicemen and
wounded two others on Friday at a Russian military base in Siberia,
Russia's military said.
The soldier suffered a "nervous breakdown due to personal
circumstances unrelated to military service," the Russian Defence
Ministry said in a statement carried by state media.
The incident occurred in the south-eastern region of Zabaykalsky,
which borders China and Mongolia. The military reported that the
shooter had been detained.
The soldier, who served at a repair and maintenance facility, opened
fire from his service weapon during an evening change of guard, said
the statement, carried by Russian state news agency TASS.
The wounded "were promptly taken to a military hospital where they
received necessary qualified medical assistance. Their condition is
not life-threatening," the statement said.
TASS cited an undisclosed source as saying that two of those killed
were officers. The rest were "conscripts and contractors," it said.