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 )

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In World

US military transport plane lands in Moscow, Kremlin says it has no information yet
Trump threatens to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America amid Canada trade war
Landmark ruling puts normal life in reach for child of Egyptian rape survivor
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein
Vatican foreign minister, in Moscow, says Ukraine war must end
USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says
Ukraine's Zelenskiy sees window for U.S. mediation until summer 2027
Peru to welcome Pope Leo with hymn honoring slain nun
Hungary foreign ministry files report on $964 million pandemic era ventilator deals
Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday

Others Also Read