Teenager stabbed a 15-year-old schoolboy 23 times in St. Petersburg

In a fast-food cafe on Vyborg Highway in St. Petersburg, a 17-year-old teenager stabbed a 15-year-old schoolboy 23 times. The victim was hospitalized with acute blood loss. This will be announced on May 18 by the 78 TV channel.

According to preliminary data, a conflict arose between the teenagers, after which the eldest of them took out a knife and began stabbing vital organs. The student was seriously injured in the stomach, chest and arms. Doctors are fighting for his life.

The mother of the attacker said that her son was the victim of a provocation. According to her, he was quietly eating on the food court when a group of strangers approached him, sprayed pepper spray in his face, and a fight broke out.

"They attacked him, took out pepper spray, brass knuckles. He was obviously in a state of passion and didn't realize it," the woman said, adding that her son's own hands were cut and bandaged.

Where the 17-year-old teenager got the knife, the mother refused to answer. She also did not tell where her son is now.

A criminal case has been opened under the article "Attempted murder." The circumstances of the incident are being investigated, investigators are studying the CCTV footage and interviewing witnesses. Information about the victim's condition is being clarified.

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