MNA � An unidentified man was stabbing people in the center of the Russian city of Surgut on Saturday, the Russian Investigative Committee stated.


"On August 19, 2017, around�11.20 local time an unidentified man armed with�a knife, was moving along�the central streets in�the city of�Surgut and attacking passers-by. He injured eight people. All the victims were hospitalized with�wounds of�different severity," the report said.

Law enforcement officers arrived at�the scene. The attacker was eliminated. A criminal case was initiated under�the article "attempted murder."

At present, investigators and criminologists of�the regional Investigative Committee are working at�the scene of�the accident. The circumstances, motives, as�well as�the personality of�the attacker, are yet to�be clarified.