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The Sun: Knife maniac ‘wearing fake suicide belt’ shot dead by cops in Surgut

Published Aug. 19, 2017 at 2:35 pm

ALEXANDRIA, VA - JUNE 15: Crime scene tape surrounds the Eugene Simpson Field, the site where a gunman opened fire June 15, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. Multiple injuries were reported from the instance, the site where a congressional baseball team was holding an early morning practice, including House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) who was shot in the hip. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP

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A knifeman wearing a fake suicide belt has been shot dead by police after stabbing seven people in Russia.

The man, named locally as 23-year-old Bobichel Abdurakhmanov, was gunned down by cops after going on a horrific stabbing spree in Surgut on August 19.