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TEACHER IN RUSSIA DIES AFTER KNIFE ATTACK BY PUPIL

07/04/2026 07:51 PM

MOSCOW, April 7 (Bernama-dpa) -- A pupil in Russia’s Perm region in the Urals has killed a teacher with a knife, Governor Dmitry Makhonin said on Tuesday, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

The Russian language and literature teacher succumbed to her injuries in hospital, Makhonin said.

The 17-year-old boy was detained after the attack at a school in the town of Dobryanka, more than 1,100 kilometres east of Moscow.

Authorities gave no information on possible motives.

-- BERNAMA-dpa

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