Teenager Kills 5, Injures 4 in Drunken Stabbing in Irkutsk Region
- On Tuesday night in Baikalsk, a town in Russia's Irkutsk region, a 17-year-old boy fatally stabbed multiple teenagers and wounded several others during a birthday party at a countryside home.
- The attack occurred after the perpetrator made inappropriate sexual gestures toward a 14-year-old girl who rejected him, while the group had been consuming alcohol throughout the evening.
- After the stabbing spree, the attacker opened a gas valve, set the house on fire, and died in the resulting blaze while some victims escaped or were hospitalized.
- Authorities confirmed that four boys aged 13 to 14 and one 16-year-old girl were killed, with four wounded teens hospitalized including one in critical condition, according to Governor Igor Kobzev.
- The Russian Investigative Committee initiated a comprehensive investigation into the killings, while local authorities announced a three-day mourning period and offered psychological support to those affected.
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