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15-Year-Old Kills Classmate in Moscow School Knife Attack

Published 16 December 2025

A 15-year-old student at a secondary school in the Moscow region carried out a knife attack on Tuesday, killing a 10-year-old classmate and injuring a security guard and at least two others before being detained by authorities.

The incident occurred at Uspenskaya Secondary Comprehensive School in Gorki-2, a village in the Odintsovo district west of Moscow. Local police received reports around midday that the teenager, who arrived at the school wearing a balaclava, helmet, and tactical-style clothing, had assaulted the security guard at the entrance with pepper spray before stabbing him in the back. The guard, identified as 32-year-old Dmitry Pavlov, attempted to intervene as the attacker threatened a group of students.

According to footage obtained from students and shared among local reports, the assailant then moved through the school's corridors, questioning classmates about their nationalities and ethnicities. He pursued the 10-year-old boy through a stairway and into a classroom, where he stabbed the child multiple times. The boy died at the scene from his injuries. The video, which the attacker recorded on his phone, captured parts of the assault and ended shortly after...

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