Terrorist group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia) has claimed responsibility for an armed attack in Surgut. On Saturday, August 19, Reuters reported with reference to associated with the militants, the Agency Amaq.
Earlier it became known that the attack was a local resident born in 1994, presumably suffering from mental illness. According to anonymous sources, it Mobicel Abdurakhmanov, a native of Central Asia. The Source “Tape.ru” said that his behavior was noticed oddities, but he was not on the account at doctors.
The police considers the incident as a terrorist attack.
On the morning of Saturday, August 19, armed with a knife man attacked passers-by in the city centre. Seven of the injured were taken to the Surgut trauma hospital, children among them. Four people are in serious condition.