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Man Charged After Stabbing Two Teenagers with a Fork on a Flight From Chicago to Germany

Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, faces federal assault charges after stabbing two teens with a fork and assaulting others on a Lufthansa flight, forcing an emergency landing in Boston.

  • A 28-year-old Indian national, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, allegedly stabbed two 17-year-old passengers with a metal fork on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt.
  • Usiripalli is accused of lunging at one teenager and stabbing him in the collarbone, then stabbing another in the back of the head.
  • When crew members tried to stop Usiripalli, he allegedly formed a gun with his fingers, slapped a passenger, and tried to slap a crew member, leading the flight to divert to Boston where he was arrested.
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Panic in flight, Saturday, October 18, for passengers on board the airline Lufthansa, departing from Chicago and heading to Germany. The 28-year-old Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli took to fork two teenagers and was arrested. The flight, in fact, by decision of the commander was hijacked at the international airport Logan in Boston. The man was accused of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to cause personal injury in relation to the incident…

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airliners.de broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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