Ukrainian police said a 14-year-old student wounded a teacher and a classmate in a knife attack at a school in Kyiv on Monday morning.
Police said a knife attack by a teenage student at a school in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi district, a residential area within the Ukrainian capital, may have been carried out on the instructions of Russian intelligence services.
According to Kyiv Police, the ninth-grade student entered a classroom wearing a mask and helmet after preparing them in advance and attacked a 39-year-old teacher and a 14-year-old classmate with a knife. Both victims were hospitalized with stab and cut wounds, and doctors are assessing the severity of their injuries.
Police said the student later locked himself in a restroom and inflicted knife wounds to his arm and abdomen. He was taken to hospital and is receiving medical care.
During investigative actions, law enforcement officers found messages on the suspect’s phone indicating possible communication with hostile foreign intelligence services, police said, without providing further details.
The motive for the attack is being established, and pretrial investigation is ongoing.
A criminal investigation has been launched by investigators of the Obolonskyi District Police Department under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 2, Clause 1 of Article 115 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — attempted murder of two or more persons.