Teenager attacks fellow students at school with axe in Russia; wounds teacher, five children

Moscow: Russian officials say a teenager armed with an axe has attacked fellow students at a school in southern Siberia, wounding five children and a teacher. Russia’s Investigative Committee said the ninth-grader entered a class during a lesson Friday and attacked seventh- graders and their teacher. He ignited a firebomb in the class and tried to kill himself before being apprehended. [caption id=“attachment_4310319” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Armed police officers block an area around a school in Sosnovy Bor on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude on Friday. AP[/caption] The attacker has been hospitalized and an official probe has been launched. His motives weren’t immediately clear. The attack happened in Sosnovy Bor on the outskirts of Ulan- Ude, the regional capital of Buryatia, a region near the Russia-Mongolia border. It’s the second attack on a school this week. Two teenagers stabbed children and their teacher with knives Monday, wounding 15 people, and then attempted to kill each other but were detained.