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| Axe & firebomb havoc at Russian school: Attackers injure 3 people, start blaze | |
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| Three attackers, at least one of them armed with an axe, stormed a school in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude and used a Molotov cocktail to set the building on fire. It is the second school attack in Russia in the space of a week. | |
| Initial reports in the local media said a ninth-grader stormed the school with an axe and attacked a teacher and at least three students. He chopped off one of the victim's fingers, according to some reports. | |
| Russia's Investigative Committee has confirmed the attack, saying three students and a teacher were injured. The attacker has been detained. | Russia's Investigative Committee has confirmed the attack, saying three students and a teacher were injured. The attacker has been detained. |
| The regional health ministry confirmed four people were injured, saying the attacker was one of them. Two attackers remain at large, local authorities have confirmed. | |
| "Four people were injured: one teacher, two students and the teenager who perpetrated the attack. All of them have been taken to a hospital." The official added that two of the injured are now undergoing surgery. | "Four people were injured: one teacher, two students and the teenager who perpetrated the attack. All of them have been taken to a hospital." The official added that two of the injured are now undergoing surgery. |
| According to one account of the attack shared by the Telegram news channel Mash, the 17-year-old ninth-grade student, identified as 'Anton,' entered the school armed with an axe and a Molotov cocktail. He then went to one of the classrooms where a seventh-grade lesson was in full swing. | According to one account of the attack shared by the Telegram news channel Mash, the 17-year-old ninth-grade student, identified as 'Anton,' entered the school armed with an axe and a Molotov cocktail. He then went to one of the classrooms where a seventh-grade lesson was in full swing. |
| Anton opened the door and threw his petrol bomb inside, starting a fire and causing panic. The teacher then confronted Anton and tried to protect the children. He hit her with his axe before attacking the students. | Anton opened the door and threw his petrol bomb inside, starting a fire and causing panic. The teacher then confronted Anton and tried to protect the children. He hit her with his axe before attacking the students. |
| The regional office of the emergencies ministry confirmed the fire at the school, but said the flames were quickly extinguished. There are no confirmed reports of injuries relating to the blaze. | |
| More than 500 people were evacuated from the school. | |
| A criminal case has been opened against the attacker on charges of attempted murder. Local investigators will also look into whether the school staff did enough to prevent the attack. | |
| Friday's incident is the second school attack in Russia in less than a week. At least a dozen people were injured in a school in the city of Perm on Monday, after an 11th grader and a former student entered the building armed with knives and attacked a female teacher and nine students. | Friday's incident is the second school attack in Russia in less than a week. At least a dozen people were injured in a school in the city of Perm on Monday, after an 11th grader and a former student entered the building armed with knives and attacked a female teacher and nine students. |