MOSCOW: A 30-year-old Russian man suffering depression after a breakup went on a shooting spree on Wednesday in his Moscow office, killing five and wounding another two after declaring his hatred for mankind, investigators said.

Dmitry Vinogradov, 30, posted an online manifesto in which he proclaimed his “hatred for humankind as a species” hours before the killing spree, prompting comparisons with Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik.

“I hate human society and being part of it disgusts me! I hate the meaninglessness of human life!” Vinogradov wrote in a manifesto posted on one of Russia’s top social networks, VKontakte.

“I hate the life itself. I see only one way to justify it: to eliminate as many particles of human compost as possible.” Vinogradov opened fire at the offices of the pharmacy chain Rigla in northeast Moscow on Wednesday morning, killing two women and three men and gravely injuring another woman and man, the Investigative Committee said.—AFP