Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia, embassy says


MOSCOW, Feb ‌8 (Reuters) - Four Indian students were ‌injured in a knife attack ‌at a medical university in Russia's Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in ‍Moscow and Russian investigators ‍said.

"An unfortunate ‌incident of attack has occurred in Ufa. ‍Several ​persons including four Indian students have been injured," ⁠the Indian embassy said.

Russian investigators said ‌a 15-year-old attacked students with a ⁠knife.

Several students ‍in the city of Ufa, about 1,100 kilometres east of Moscow, ‍as well as police ‌officers, were injured in the attack in a student dormitory, investigators said.

The Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case into alleged negligence by officials, who knew ‌about behavioural issues of one of the students but failed to take preventive ​measures, investigators said.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge )

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