In Primorye, a man attacked police officers with a knife

A man attacked two policemen with a knife in Primorye. About it on November 24 reported in the Prosecutor's office of the region.

"In the evening of November 23, two police officers arrived on a report of a debauch on Solnechnaya Street in Tavrichanka, where an intoxicated man attacked them with a knife in the entrance of an apartment building, causing two stab wounds to one and hitting the other in the head with his hand," - stated in the message in the Telegram-channel of the Prosecutor's office.

The attacker turned out to be a repeatedly convicted local resident born in 1994. The prosecutor's office recognized as legitimate the initiation of criminal proceedings under Part 2 Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Use of violence dangerous to life or health, or threat of violence against a representative of the authorities, in connection with the performance of his official duties").

As indicated by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Primorsky Krai, a decision has been made on the need to elect a measure of restraint in the form of detention in respect of the attacker.

Earlier, on November 15, in a shopping center in Sterlitamak, police opened fire on a man with a knife. Employees of one of the shopping centers of the city reported to the front office about a man committing "hooligan actions." The police arrived on the scene tried to calm the man, but he, not responding to law enforcement officers, climbed to the roof of the shopping center. There, the offender lunged at the police with a knife, injuring one of them.