Four Indian students among several injured in stabbing attack in Russia

At least six people, including four Indian students, were injured on Saturday (February 7, 2026) in a stabbing attack at a university in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, media reports and the Indian mission in Moscow said.

According to preliminary reports, a teenager armed with a knife entered a dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic. He attacked the students living there and stabbed several of them, the Interior Ministry said.

“The attacker resisted arrest, during which two police officers were stabbed. Furthermore, the suspect also inflicted bodily harm on himself,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Maj. General Irina Volk was quoted as saying by RTVI.com webportal.

Calling it an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian Embassy in Moscow said, “Several persons, including four Indian students, have been injured.” The Embassy said it is in touch with the authorities, and officials from the Consulate in Kazan are en route to Ufa to provide assistance to the injured students.

In a release, the Russian Federal Health Ministry said that four people injured in the attack are receiving medical care. One is in serious condition, while three others are in moderate condition, it added.

The attacker, identified as a 15-year-old youth, has also been admitted to a local children’s hospital in serious condition, the Baza telegram channel said.

Authorities in Ufa, the capital of the Bashkortostan Republic, about 1,200 km east of Moscow, have launched a high-level probe into the incident.

According to eyewitnesses, “there was blood all around,” Ren TV said, showing footage of wounded being taken to hospital by ambulance vans.