At least six people, including four Indian students, were injured on Saturday (February 7, 2026) in a stabbing attack at a university in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, media reports and the Indian mission in Moscow said. According to preliminary reports, a teenager armed with a knife entered a dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic. Calling it an “unfortunate incident”, the Indian Embassy in Moscow said, “Several persons, including four Indian students, have been injured.” The Embassy said it is in touch with the authorities, and officials from the Consulate in Kazan are en route to Ufa to provide assistance to the injured students. In a release, the Russian Federal Health Ministry said that four people injured in the attack are receiving medical care. Authorities in Ufa, the capital of the Bashkortostan Republic, about 1,200 km east of Moscow, have launched a high-level probe into the incident.
