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

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 kilometers 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 behavioral issues of one of the students but failed to take preventive measures, investigators said.