A man attacked teenagers on a playground in Yekaterinburg with a knife.

In Yekaterinburg, a man attacked teenagers on a playground with a knife. This was announced on May 30 by the press service of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation in the Telegram channel.

"In the city of Yekaterinburg, a man armed with a knife attacked a group of teenagers. The conflict occurred in connection with his dissatisfaction with the presence of teenagers on the playground," the department said.

A criminal case has been opened into the incident on the grounds of a crime under Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Hooliganism").

It is noted that the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, requested from the head of the Investigative Department (SU) for the Sverdlovsk region a report on the circumstances of the incident and the investigation of the case.

Earlier, on April 23, in the Moscow region, a man attacked a police officer with a knife. It was noted that police officers approached the man, showed their identification cards and asked the man to produce identification documents. As a result, he was rude and stabbed one of the employees several times, after which he disappeared.