Four Indian students were among at least six people injured after a teenager carried out a stabbing attack at a dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa, Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic. The attacker, a 15-year-old, also stabbed two police officers while resisting arrest and later injured himself
Cops arrest the attacker. PIC/X/@SudarshanNewsTV
Four Indian students were among at least six people injured in a stabbing attack on Saturday at a university in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, the Indian mission here said. According to preliminary reports, a teenager armed with a knife entered a dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic.
He attacked the students living there and stabbed several of them, the Interior Ministry said. “The attacker resisted arrest, during which two police officers were stabbed. Furthermore, the suspect also inflicted bodily harm on himself,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Maj General Irina Volk was quoted as saying by RTVI.com webportal.
Calling it an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian Embassy here said, “Several persons including four Indian students have been injured.” The attacker, identified as a 15-year-old youth, has also been admitted to a local children’s hospital in serious condition, the Baza telegram channel said.
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