Thirteen die in Azerbaijan university shooting

by E Wayne Ross on May 1, 2009

AFP: Thirteen die in Azerbaijan university shooting

BAKU (AFP) — A gunman shot 12 people dead on Thursday before killing himself at a university in the oil-rich Caspian state of Azerbaijan, officials said.

The massacre at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy stunned the small mainly Muslim country, which has never before seen the kind of public shooting rampages that have plagued some Western countries in recent years.