Moscow, June 21, (dpa/GNA) – A woman was killed and several other people were injured, in a stabbing rampage at a shopping centre in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar on Saturday, authorities said.
The victim was attacked by a young man, who randomly attacked people with a knife, police said. Unofficial reports said at least five others were wounded.
“The perpetrator has been arrested and police are currently questioning him,” Irina Volk, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Interior Ministry, said in Moscow.
Investigators have ordered a psychiatric examination of the suspect, authorities said. No further details about the attacker or his motives were immediately released.
GNA