Knife attacker in Russian city wounds 8, shot by police

MOSCOW: A knife attacker stabbed eight people on the street in Russia's far northern city of Surgut before being shot by police, investigators said Saturday.

The attacker "carried out attacks on passers-by, causing stab wounds to eight," Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding that armed police then "liquidated" the attacker.

"The committee is investigating attempted murder", the
spokesperson for the committee told Reuters by phone, adding she
would not comment on whether the incident was terrorism related.

 

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.