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

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

A teenager armed with an ax has attacked fellow students at a school in southern Siberia in Russia wounding five children and a teacher.

Advertisement
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.

Advertisement
Armed police officers block an area around a school in Sosnovy Bor on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude. AP

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.

Latest News

Find us on YouTube

Subscribe

Top Shows

Vantage First Sports Fast and Factual Between The Lines