Knife attacker in Russian city wounds 8; shot by police

A scene in Surgut, Russia after the attack. /Courtesy vkontakte/

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A knife attacker stabbed eight people on the street in Russia’s far northern city of Surgut before being shot by police, investigators said Saturday.

The attacker “carried out attacks on passers-by, causing stab wounds to eight,” Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding that armed police then “liquidated” the attacker.