Today, around 11:20 local time, in the centre of the Siberian city of Surgut armed man with a knife attacked passers-by, reports the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. From the massacre of injured seven people, four of them were seriously injured.
All victims hospitalized in Surgut traumatological hospital, children among them, reports TASS.
News resource, «Oh, Surgut!» says that first, the attackers threw a smoke bomb in the store, «North», and then began to wander around the neighboring streets and stab passers-by.
Arrived at the scene, law enforcement officers had to open fire on the attackers, with the result that he was “liquidated”, ie killed.
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On his belt found a subject trapped a hoax bomb, according to SIA-PRESS, citing local civil defense.
Later, investigators speculated that the assailant is a local resident born in 1994.
But according to «On, Surgut!» a massacre staged a 19-year-old Arthur Hajiyev, whose father is registered as an extremist.
As reported by Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee, currently verified information about the possible mental disorder of the man.
A few hours later Amaq news Agency said that the terrorist organization «Islamic state» has confirmed its responsibility for the incident.
#Amaq: The attacker in #Surgut City in #Russia is a ‘soldier’ of the Islamic State. #IslamicState #ISIS pic.twitter.com/Xcf0Zn0w7V
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«Amaq: the attacker in Surgut in Russia is a «soldier» of the «Islamic state»».
However, the press service of the interior Ministry in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district, where the incident occurred, informed «Interfax» that «the version that the attack is a terrorist attack, not core».
Life reports that the assailant was struck in accordance with the video instructions knife fight, which often produces «Islamic state».
