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Four injured in attack in Surgut are in serious condition The condition of two people is estimated as moderate severity. TASS, August 20. Four of the seven injured on Saturday in the attack of a man with a knife in Surgut are in serious condition, told TASS on Sunday in the public relations Department of the Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous district. “Four of the injured are in serious condition, one in extremely grave. Condition two is assessed as moderate, one person yesterday [Saturday] released home”, — said there. On Saturday a man with a knife attacked passers-by in Surgut, wounds of various severity level have received seven people, all of the victims were hospitalized. In place of promptly there arrived the staff of the PPP, the attacker was eliminated. As reported by the official representative SK the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko, the investigators have established his identity. According to preliminary

World champion in powerlifting Andrey Drachev beaten to death in Khabarovsk The world and European champion in weightlifting in the category up to 120 kilograms Andrey Drachev, killed in Khabarovsk. It is reported AmurMedia. According to media reports, the athlete succumbed to the provocation of a drunken bully in one of the cafes, and then there was a group of young people who brutally beat Drachev. The ambulance took the victim to the hospital, where he died in the intensive care unit. This information was confirmed in his Facebook the chief editor of the program “Vesti-Khabarovsk”, presenter of “Vesti-sport” Artem Basnin. The police have refused to comment on the incident. During the download an error has occurred. 29 July on the coast of lake Baikal, was killed 20-year-old champion of Europe on free-style wrestling Yury Vlasko. According to the investigation, after a wrestling tournament, which was held in Buryat capital,

The French, who lived next to terrorists in Alcanar, afraid to report them MOSCOW, 20 Aug — RIA Novosti. A couple of older French people who lived near the terrorists, whose home in Alcanar blew up Wednesday, the neighbors thought odd, but was afraid to report them to the police, according to the newspaper Parisien. 15фотографий15фотографий15фотографий In an interview with the publication, Daniel and Simon, to settle in Alcanar 20 years ago, said that the new neighbors were strange and suspicious. “I don’t know how to say it: they were weird. I believe that only people who lived there permanently. But infinitely someone came and went. Sometimes there was no one there during the week, but they’ve all left,” — said Simon. According to the French, invited some neighbors came on powerful motorcycles Kawasaki. They were in helmets and beards. Simon does not know what is actually doing these people,

Hundreds of people were evacuated because of the fires in the States of California and Oregon NEW YORK, August 20. /TASS/. Hundreds of people were evacuated on 19 August due to large wildfires raging across the Western States of the USA. This was reported by the Associated Press (AP). According to him, about 600 residents of the city of Sisters in Oregon left their homes. The authorities also ordered to be ready to evacuate at any minute approximately 1 thousand people. The fire near Sisters broke out last week and got close to the city. Homes and buildings the fire has not caused damage. Authorities say, the weather is not favorable for fighting fires. In the coming days, forecasters predict the region of strong winds that would contribute to the spread of fire. In California, authorities ordered the evacuation of residents of the village of Wawona located on the territory

An earthquake of magnitude 4 recorded in the Stavropol region STAVROPOL, August 20. /TASS/. Geophysics registered the tremors of magnitude 4 on the territory of the Neftekumsk district (Stavropol Krai). About it reports a press-service of EMERCOM in the region. “In operational duty shift… from the Geophysical service of the RSO — Alania, it was reported seismostability, was [Saturday] at 21:50 (Moscow time) at a depth of 9 km, magnitude 4”, the report States. According to the MOE, the messages from the population about the possible damage were reported, the information specified.

Media: man with fake weapons arrested in the South of France, where he started the Bicycle race “Vuelta” TASS, August 20. A man who had a fake firearm, arrested Saturday night at the railway station in Nimes in the South of France, where earlier in the day launched the first phase of a multi-day Cycling race “Vuelta”, the bulk of which is held in Spain. This was reported by the French regional newspaper Midi Libre. No information about the identity of the detainee at the moment is not given. The search for a likely accomplice is suspended, the name of the station removed. Anxiety at the train station in Nimes was raised on Saturday at 21:15 local time (22:15 GMT), when the police “asked the passengers hurry to leave the station.” Source of concern was the signal from an eyewitness, who noticed in the station building “one or more armed

Media: the organizer of the terrorist attack in Spain was the Imam of the Catalan town of Ripoll MADRID, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Imam of the mosque in the Catalan town of Ripoll (province of Girona) Moroccan of Abdelbaki es-Sati was the main organizer of terrorist attacks in Spain, the newspaper el País. 15фотографий15фотографий15фотографий According to the publication, the police on Saturday morning, conducted searches in his house. The police does not exclude that es-Sati died in the explosion at a house in Alcanar, where terrorists were preparing a bomb using gas cylinders. If not for this accidental explosion, the victims would have been much more, the newspaper said. According to el País, the Imam left his apartment in Ripoll in early June, just at the moment when the terrorists settled in an abandoned house in Alcanar. The neighbors have to say about es-Sati as a restrained person

Media: suspect in attack in Turku Moroccan named Abdul Rahman TASS, August 19. Suspect in knife attack on passers-by in the centre of the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, the 18-year-old Moroccan allegedly named Abdul Rahman. On Saturday told the newspaper Turun Sanomat. According to her, he lived in the refugee reception centre for hostel price! in the suburbs of Turku. Local residents told the newspaper that, in their opinion, Rahman seemed lonely and depressed. The Finnish Central criminal police, leading the investigation into the attack, while in the interests of the investigation, refuses to name the criminal. Friday night in the heart of Turku 18-year-old migrant from Morocco who arrived in the country as a refugee and sought asylum in Finland, with a knife attacked passers-by, as a result, two died, eight people were injured varying degrees of severity. The Moroccan came to Finland in the spring of

One of those killed in an accident in Thailand Russians was assistant rector of the HSE Moscow. 19 Aug. INTERFAX.RU — One of two Russians killed in road accident in southern Thailand, was assistant to the rector of the Higher school of Economics, head of design and training laboratory “Development of universities” at the Institute of education HSE 31-year-old Dmitry Semyonov reported on the website of the University on Saturday. “The tragedy occurred in the South of Thailand, where Dmitry for his vacation. According to local authorities, car Toyota Yaris, where he stayed with his friend, 32-year-old graduate school of Economics Ivan Sorokin, was hit by a truck. They both died on the spot”, — stated in the message. Dmitry Semyonov was the author of scientific articles, participated in original research projects. “Autumn in the Palgrave publishing house will release a book about the transformation of higher education in the