Crimean City Turns to Mourning 20 Victims of School Attack

A girl lights a candle in memory of the victims of Wednesday's attack on a vocational college in Kerch, Crimea, at the memorial stone with the word Kerch in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Oct. 18, 2018. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

MOSCOW—While Crimean authorities searched for clues that might help explain why a teenager gunned down 20 people at his vocational school before killing himself, the stunned city of Kerch prepared to say farewell to the victims.

Thousands of residents were expected to attend the funerals of most of the victims on Oct. 19. The burials are taking place in mainland Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.