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| 4 injured in knife & arson attack at school in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic | 4 injured in knife & arson attack at school in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic |
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| Four people have been injured after a student armed with a knife stormed his school in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia’s Urals, and attempted to set it on fire, officials said. | Four people have been injured after a student armed with a knife stormed his school in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia’s Urals, and attempted to set it on fire, officials said. |
| The incident took place on Wednesday morning in Sterlitamak, the second-largest city in the republic. “According to our information, four injured people, including three children, were transported to a hospital in Sterlitamak,” Russia’s Health Ministry has confirmed. | The incident took place on Wednesday morning in Sterlitamak, the second-largest city in the republic. “According to our information, four injured people, including three children, were transported to a hospital in Sterlitamak,” Russia’s Health Ministry has confirmed. |
| A 17-year-old boy was armed with a knife and attempted to set fire to the school after attacking several people inside a classroom. The attacker “entered the Computer Science class” and attacked a female student and a teacher with a knife, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. He then ”poured out a flammable substance,” set it on fire, and tried to commit suicide. When the fire alarm went off, one of the students from a nearby class jumped from the window out of fear. | A 17-year-old boy was armed with a knife and attempted to set fire to the school after attacking several people inside a classroom. The attacker “entered the Computer Science class” and attacked a female student and a teacher with a knife, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. He then ”poured out a flammable substance,” set it on fire, and tried to commit suicide. When the fire alarm went off, one of the students from a nearby class jumped from the window out of fear. |
| “Some guy was running in school with a knife. The teacher held the door, then ran into the class. [He] stabbed a girl, and she jumped from the second floor,” a witness to the incident told bashinform.ru. | “Some guy was running in school with a knife. The teacher held the door, then ran into the class. [He] stabbed a girl, and she jumped from the second floor,” a witness to the incident told bashinform.ru. |
| A video purportedly showing the aftermath of the incident has emerged online. The footage shows students being evacuated from a school building where the incident reportedly took place. RT has yet to verify the content. | A video purportedly showing the aftermath of the incident has emerged online. The footage shows students being evacuated from a school building where the incident reportedly took place. RT has yet to verify the content. |
| Medics, rescue personnel and police are currently working in the scene. The Investigative Committee confirmed to Interfax that it has sent its specialists to probe the incident in Sterlitamak. | Medics, rescue personnel and police are currently working in the scene. The Investigative Committee confirmed to Interfax that it has sent its specialists to probe the incident in Sterlitamak. |
| A number of similar incidents have taken place in Russian schools in recent months. At least a dozen people were injured at a school in the city of Perm in January, after an 11th grader and a former student entered the building armed with knives, and attacked a female teacher and students. Also in January, a student armed with an ax stormed a school in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude and used a Molotov cocktail to set the building on fire. | |
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