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FACTBOX: Student stages attack in Russian school

CHELYABINSK, September 16. /TASS/. A student at School No. 68 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, attacked pupils and teachers with a hammer. Three children and one adult were injured and hospitalized.
TASS has gathered the key facts about the incident.
 
– A student of a remedial school in Chelyabinsk attacked his classmates and teachers with a hammer on Monday morning.
– The police received a report on the attack by a pupil born in 2011 at 9:20 a.m. local time (4:20 a.m. GMT).
– The school staff called the Russian National Guard unit, which detained the attacker.
– There are injured, they have been hospitalized, the governor said.
– According to the Health Ministry, four people were wounded, namely three teenagers of 13 years (two girls and a boy) and one adult (a teacher).
– The victims’ condition is stable, the ministry said.
– The regional governor has instructed all schools in the region to undergo checks following the attack.
– Law enforcement agencies, Mayor Natalya Kotova, and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Yevgeniya Mayorova are working at the site, the governor reported.
– Acting city prosecutor Igor Ryazanov is coordinating the actions of law enforcement agencies at the scene.
– The prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the attack, which will also examine the organization of security and compliance with the school’s permit regulations.
– The Investigative Committee has initiated criminal proceedings for negligence and attempted murder.
– Schools in the Chelyabinsk Region will be inspected for signs of aggressive behavior among children, Yevgeniya Mayorova reported.

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