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A knife attacker stabbed eight people on the street in Russia’s far northern city of Surgut before being shot by police, investigators said August 19.

The male attacker “carried out attacks on passers-by, causing stab wounds to eight” while “moving along central streets of the city” at around 11:20 am local time, said Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes.

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