15-year-old boy injures at least six people, including four Indians, in Russia, claims he belongs to a neo-Nazi group and shouts Pro-Holocaust slogans During the frenzy of the attack, multiple reports said that evidence and information had come together by Sunday.
Officials at the Ufa State Medical University in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation, said of the incident that the attacker stabbed two policemen and himself. (Representative photo)A teenager armed with a knife entered a dormitory at the Ufa State Medical University in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Where he attacked the students and stabbed several of them, Russia’s Interior Ministry said.
He then stabbed two policemen and himself, officials said.
“The attacker resisted arrest, during which two police officers were stabbed. In addition, the suspect also inflicted bodily harm on himself,” ministry spokeswoman Major General Irina Volk was quoted as saying by news portal RTVI.com.
What the Indian Embassy saidCalling it an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian embassy in Moscow said, “Several people, including four Indian students, were injured.” The embassy said that the consulate officials Kazan En route to Ufa to aid injured students. Further details about the students were not immediately shared.
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In a press release, the Russian Federal Ministry of Health said that four people injured in the attack are receiving medical care. One is in critical condition, while the other three are in moderate condition, it added.
The attacker, who has not been named because he is a minor, was also admitted to a local children’s hospital in critical condition, the Baja Telegram channel reported.
Authority UfaThe capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, about 1,200 kilometers east of Moscow, has launched a high-level investigation into the incident.
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‘from a banned organisation’The Telegram channel claimed that the attacker was a member of a banned neo-Nazi organization. According to witnesses, “there was blood all around,” REN TV said, showing footage of the injured being taken to hospital in ambulance vans.
“He belongs to the banned NS/WP neo-Nazi organization. During the frenzy of the attack, he was shouting nationalist slogans about the (Holocaust),” it said, sharing a picture of a swastika painted on a wall with the blood of victims.
German dictator Hitler’s Nazi Party used a tilted version of the swastika, an ancient religious symbol, as their symbol. The Nazis carried out a racially motivated genocide of Jews, commonly known as the Holocaust, and were ultimately defeated in World War II.
Europe has seen a far-right resurgence in recent years, and Nazi imagery is often used by such groups.
