An unidentified man attacked people on Bazhov Street in the center of Surgut with a knife, several people were injured and taken to hospitals, the press service of the Investigation Committee said..

According to the department, about 11. 20 local time, a man armed with a knife, moving along the central streets of the city, attacked passers-by. Seven people were injured, all the victims were hospitalized with wounds of varying severity.

Arriving at the place the policemen shot and killed the assailant, a criminal case was initiated under the article "attempted murder".

The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarifies that the attacker was killed after a warning shot into the air.

According to Vladislav Nigmatulin, deputy director of the health department of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, four victims of the attack are in serious condition.

The press service of the Interior Ministry Department for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug reported that "the version that the attack is a terrorist act is not the main one".

According to the SKR, the identity of the attacker was preliminarily established: it is a local resident of 1994 year of birth. Data on his mental illness are now being checked.