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Images of police killing Surgut knife attacker emerge online (VIDEO) | Images of police killing Surgut knife attacker emerge online (VIDEO) |
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A CCTV video has emerged online showing what appears to be a suspected knife attacker being chased by an armed policeman in the Siberian city of Surgut. | A CCTV video has emerged online showing what appears to be a suspected knife attacker being chased by an armed policeman in the Siberian city of Surgut. |
VIDEO COURTESY: © Mash / Telegram | VIDEO COURTESY: © Mash / Telegram |
The footage was published by Telegram channel Mash on Sunday, purportedly showing the stabber being chased and shot by a policeman. | |
The 14-second video from a roadside CCTV camera shows a black-clad man running away along the street before collapsing to the ground. The authenticity of the video cannot be immediately verified. | |
On Saturday the assailant stabbed seven people, four of whom are said to be in life-threatening condition. | |
Identified by authorities as a 19-year-old Surgut resident, the attacker was brought down by police after resisting arrest. | |
The man carried out attacks on passersby as he ran along a busy street in Surgut, stabbing eight people. Four of them have been treated for life-threatening wounds, local health officials said. | |
Another video released on Saturday shows the crime scene with the attacker’s body lying on the ground. Police deployed a bomb disposal unit out of fear that he might have had a suicide belt. | |
Although investigators did not elaborate on whether they are treating the rampage as a terrorist attack, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed credit for the attack, according to Reuters, citing the terrorist group’s Amaq news. | |
Surgut is the largest city and provincial capital of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with a population of over 360,000. Lying 2,100km (1,330 miles) north-east of Moscow, it is a major center for oil and gas production in Russia. |