A fifth-grader stabbed a peer during a fight at a school in St. Petersburg

The fight took place at a school on Nauki Avenue in St. Petersburg. A fifth-grade student quarreled with a peer during recess, and he stabbed him in the face with a knife.

78 TV channel clarifies that the fight started because the attacker insulted his opponent's mother. After a scuffle, he threw out his nose.

Doctors recorded an abrasion, bruise of the cheekbone and eyes of the victim. He received medical treatment and was released home.

It turned out that the attacker had not previously been registered with the Juvenile Affairs Department.

Earlier, on March 9, it was reported that two men who abducted a teenager for extortion were detained in St. Petersburg. An 18-year-old from St. Petersburg and a 29-year-old resident of the Komi Republic beat and put a 16-year-old teenager in a car. They demanded 300 thousand rubles for the release of the teenager, threatening violence.