Knife attack in Russia: the terrorist track is not privileged
August 19, 2017 at 12:26
Police officers secure a perimeter in Moscow in August 2012. Image of illustration. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
The author of the attack was identified, the regional police said, not to favor the track of the "terrorist attack".
A man armed with a knife was shot dead by police after stabbing eight people in the street in Surgut, Siberia on Saturday (August 19th). The author of the attack was identified, the regional police said, not to favor the track of the "terrorist attack".
"The version according to which the attack would be a terrorist attack is not our main (version)," said the local police station to the Russian news agency Interfax, adding that he identified the assailant and examine his possible Psychiatric history.
The attacker was "neutralized"
The man "attacked passers-by, wounding a knife eight people", while he was "in the central streets" of this city of 330,000 inhabitants, around 11:20 local time, said the Russian Investigative Committee , The body responsible for the main criminal investigations.
The police "neutralized" the attacker, the committee added, in a statement.
Two of the wounded are in serious condition, the government of the Khanty-Mansi region said in a statement. The attacker was not identified, according to the same source.
Attaque au couteau en Russie : la piste terroriste n'est pas privilégiée
August 19, 2017 at 12:26
Police officers secure a perimeter in Moscow in August 2012. Image of illustration. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
The author of the attack was identified, the regional police said, not to favor the track of the "terrorist attack".
A man armed with a knife was shot dead by police after stabbing eight people in the street in Surgut, Siberia on Saturday (August 19th). The author of the attack was identified, the regional police said, not to favor the track of the "terrorist attack".
"The version according to which the attack would be a terrorist attack is not our main (version)," said the local police station to the Russian news agency Interfax, adding that he identified the assailant and examine his possible Psychiatric history.
The attacker was "neutralized"
The man "attacked passers-by, wounding a knife eight people", while he was "in the central streets" of this city of 330,000 inhabitants, around 11:20 local time, said the Russian Investigative Committee , The body responsible for the main criminal investigations.
The police "neutralized" the attacker, the committee added, in a statement.
Two of the wounded are in serious condition, the government of the Khanty-Mansi region said in a statement. The attacker was not identified, according to the same source.
Attaque au couteau en Russie : la piste terroriste n'est pas privilégiée