What We Know About The Crimea Gunman So Far

As the probe into the Crimea college shooting continues, details are emerging about the personal life of the teenage gunman who killed 20 people before killing himself.

Kerch, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Oct, 2018 ) :As the probe into the Crimea college shooting continues, details are emerging about the personal life of the teenage gunman who killed 20 people before killing himself.

Here's what has been reported about 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov so far: - Family life - Roslyakov's parents separated when he was around 10 because his father drank heavily, his grandmother Taisiya Roslyakova told the Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid.

But he continued to see his father on occasion.

His mother works as a low-paid orderly in a cancer out-patient department, according to Russian television.

She is a Jehovah's Witness, reported Kommersant daily, a religious group that is banned from operating in Russia and treated as a harmful sect.

RBK daily quoted a colleague as saying his mother Galina is a "good person" and pleasant to everyone at work. On the day of the killings, she was at work and helped treat victims.

The online news channel Mash said that his mother had told the investigation her son had watched videos of school shootings in the days ahead of the attack.

After learning of the attack, his mother was "grief-stricken" while his father was "baffled," Crimea rights ombudswoman Lyudmila Lubina told RIA Novosti state news agency.