Terror as ‘Former Pupils’ in Masks Stab 15 People at a Russian School

Terror as ‘Former Pupils’ in Masks Stab 15 People at a Russian School
A vehicle of the Russian Emergencies Ministry is parked near a local school after reportedly several unidentified people wearing masks injured schoolchildren with knives in the city of Perm, Russia Jan. 15, 2018. (Reuters/Maksim Kimerling)
Reuters
1/15/2018
Updated:
1/15/2018

MOSCOW—Russian investigators opened a criminal case into a knife attack at a school in the city of Perm on Monday which left 15 people injured, three of whom the authorities said were in a serious condition in hospital.

Media reports initially said two masked men armed with knives had burst into the school and attacked pupils, but authorities in Perm, about 700 miles north-east of Moscow, said the attack grew out of a knife fight between two pupils.

A policeman with a dog stands guard near a local school after reportedly several unidentified people wearing masks injured schoolchildren with knives in the city of Perm, Russia Jan. 15, 2018. (Reuters/Maksim Kimerling)
A policeman with a dog stands guard near a local school after reportedly several unidentified people wearing masks injured schoolchildren with knives in the city of Perm, Russia Jan. 15, 2018. (Reuters/Maksim Kimerling)

Local security authorities said in a statement that other pupils and a female teacher had tried to break up the fight.

They said 12 people had been taken to a local children’s hospital and a further three, including the teacher and two pupils aged 15-16, were in a serious condition at a different hospital.

Investigators said they had detained the suspects. The school, where almost 700 children studied, had been evacuated, the authorities said.

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