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At least six people, including four Indian students, were injured in a stabbing attack at a university in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic on Saturday (February 7, 2026), media reports and the Indian Mission in Moscow said.
According to preliminary reports, a teenager armed with a knife entered the dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan. They attacked students living there and stabbed several of them, the Interior Ministry said.
“The attackers resisted arrest, during which two police officers were stabbed. In addition, the suspect also inflicted physical harm on himself,” Interior Ministry spokeswoman Major General Irina Volk said. RTVI.com Web portal.
Calling it an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian embassy in Moscow said “several people, including four Indian students, were injured”. The embassy said it was in contact with authorities and officials from the consulate in Kazan were on their way to Ufa to assist the injured students.
Four people injured in the attack are receiving medical treatment, the Russian Federal Ministry of Health said in a statement. The condition of one is critical while the condition of the other three is moderate, it said.
The attacker, identified as a 15-year-old boy, was admitted to a local children’s hospital in critical condition, according to the Baja Telegram channel.
Authorities in Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, about 1,200 km east of Moscow, have launched a high-level investigation into the incident.
According to witnesses, “there was blood all around.” Clean TV He said it was showing footage of ambulance vans taking the injured to the hospital.
Published – February 07, 2026 09:15 pm IST
