Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia, embassy says

Investigators said that several students in the city of Ufa, about 1,100 kilometres east of ⁠Moscow, as ⁠well as police officers, ‌were injured in ‌the attack in a student dormitory.

Moscow: ​Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at ​a medical university in Russia's Bashkortostan ‌region on Saturday, ⁠the Indian ‌embassy in Moscow and Russian investigators said.

"An unfortunate incident of attack has occurred in ​Ufa. Several persons including four Indian students have been injured," the Indian embassy ‌said.

Russian ‌investigators said a 15-year-old attacked students with a ⁠knife.

Several students in the city of Ufa, about 1,100 kilometres east of ⁠Moscow, as ⁠well as police officers, ‌were injured in ‌the attack in a student dormitory, investigators said.

The Investigative Committee said ‍it had opened a criminal case into alleged negligence by officials, who knew about behavioural issues of one of the students but failed to take preventive ​measures, investigators ‌said.