2025 Odintsovo school attack

2025 Odintsovo school attack

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==Attack==
==Attack==
Reports of a stabbing at Uspenska Secondary School were received at around 9:00{{nbsp}}a.m.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=FACTBOX: What we know about attack on school in Moscow Region |url=https://tass.com/politics/2059265 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260113223210/https://tass.com/politics/2059265 |archive-date=13 January 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[TASS]]}} At approximately 8:50{{nbsp}}a.m.,{{Cite web |last=Крутов [Krutov] |first=Марк [Mark] |date=17 December 2025 |title="Следствие фашистской идеологии". Рунет – об убийстве в школе |trans-title="The Consequence of Fascist Ideology". Runet – about murder at school |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/sledstvie-fashistskoy-ideologii-runet-ob-ubiystve-v-shkole-/33625412.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223121244/https://www.svoboda.org/a/sledstvie-fashistskoy-ideologii-runet-ob-ubiystve-v-shkole-/33625412.html |archive-date=23 February 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[RadioFreeEurope]] |language=ru}} the assailant had entered the school armed with a [[knife]]; [[pepper spray]]; an [[Imitation firearm|imitation handgun]]; and an [[improvised explosive device]].{{Cite web |url=https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/laworder/20251219/napavshego-na-shkolu-v-odintsovo-podrostka-arestovali-na-dva-mesyatsa |title=Напавшего на школу в Одинцово подростка арестовали на два месяца |website=Азия-Плюc [Asia-Plus] |date=19 December 2025 |access-date=19 December 2025 |url-status=|trans-title=The teenager who attacked a school in Odintsovo was arrested for two months|language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Soliev |first=Nodirbek |date=19 January 2026 |title=The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Understanding Hybrid Radicalisation and Transnational Online Subcultures |url=https://gnet-research.org/2026/01/19/the-moscow-oblast-school-stabbing-understanding-hybrid-radicalisation-and-transnational-online-subcultures/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260213220545/https://gnet-research.org/2026/01/19/the-moscow-oblast-school-stabbing-understanding-hybrid-radicalisation-and-transnational-online-subcultures/ |archive-date=13 February 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism]]}} Allegedly, he was searching for a specific teacher's office to plant the explosive for unknown reasons, but could not recall the location.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=Knife attack at a school near Moscow: a student died, a security guard was wounded |url=https://en.rua.gr/2025/12/16/knife-attack-at-a-school-near-moscow-a-student-died-a-security-guard-was-wounded/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Athens News]]}} Whilst wandering the building, another teacher would alert the school's security for suspicious behaviour. When asked what he was doing by this teacher, he allgedly replied "you will read about it on Wikipedia."
Reports of a stabbing at Uspenska Secondary School were received at around 9:00{{nbsp}}a.m.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=FACTBOX: What we know about attack on school in Moscow Region |url=https://tass.com/politics/2059265 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260113223210/https://tass.com/politics/2059265 |archive-date=13 January 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[TASS]]}} At approximately 8:50{{nbsp}}a.m.,{{Cite web |last=Крутов [Krutov] |first=Марк [Mark] |date=17 December 2025 |title="Следствие фашистской идеологии". Рунет – об убийстве в школе |trans-title="The Consequence of Fascist Ideology". Runet – about murder at school |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/sledstvie-fashistskoy-ideologii-runet-ob-ubiystve-v-shkole-/33625412.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223121244/https://www.svoboda.org/a/sledstvie-fashistskoy-ideologii-runet-ob-ubiystve-v-shkole-/33625412.html |archive-date=23 February 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[RadioFreeEurope]] |language=ru}} the assailant had entered the school armed with a [[knife]]; [[pepper spray]]; an [[Imitation firearm|imitation handgun]]; and an [[improvised explosive device]].{{Cite web |url=https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/laworder/20251219/napavshego-na-shkolu-v-odintsovo-podrostka-arestovali-na-dva-mesyatsa |title=Напавшего на школу в Одинцово подростка арестовали на два месяца |website=Азия-Плюc [Asia-Plus] |date=19 December 2025 |access-date=19 December 2025 |url-status=|trans-title=The teenager who attacked a school in Odintsovo was arrested for two months|language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Soliev |first=Nodirbek |date=19 January 2026 |title=The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Understanding Hybrid Radicalisation and Transnational Online Subcultures |url=https://gnet-research.org/2026/01/19/the-moscow-oblast-school-stabbing-understanding-hybrid-radicalisation-and-transnational-online-subcultures/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260213220545/https://gnet-research.org/2026/01/19/the-moscow-oblast-school-stabbing-understanding-hybrid-radicalisation-and-transnational-online-subcultures/ |archive-date=13 February 2026 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism]]}} Allegedly, he was searching for a specific teacher's office to plant the explosive for unknown reasons, but could not recall the location.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=Knife attack at a school near Moscow: a student died, a security guard was wounded |url=https://en.rua.gr/2025/12/16/knife-attack-at-a-school-near-moscow-a-student-died-a-security-guard-was-wounded/ |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Athens News]]}} Whilst wandering the building, another teacher would alert the school's security for suspicious behaviour. When asked what he was doing by this teacher, he allegedly replied "you will read about it on Wikipedia."


According to the authorities, the perpetrator eventually came across a group of students, asking them what their nationalities are.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=Teenager Who Massacred At Elite School Near Moscow Asked About Nationality |url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/12/16/666833/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251216093844/https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/12/16/666833/ |archive-date=16 December 2025 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Charter97.org}} Around the same time, a [[security guard]], Dmitry Pavlov, arrived and approached the attacker, which prompted them to spray and stab the guard before charging at students. The attacker then cornered a 10-year-old [[Fourth grade|fourth-grade]] pupil who fell down the stairs, fatally stabbing him. The boy was later found to be a [[Tajikistan]] national. They took multiple [[Selfie|selfies]] with the body of the student.
According to the authorities, the perpetrator eventually came across a group of students, asking them what their nationalities are.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=Teenager Who Massacred At Elite School Near Moscow Asked About Nationality |url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/12/16/666833/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251216093844/https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/12/16/666833/ |archive-date=16 December 2025 |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Charter97.org}} Around the same time, a [[security guard]], Dmitry Pavlov, arrived and approached the attacker, which prompted them to spray and stab the guard before charging at students. The attacker then cornered a 10-year-old [[Fourth grade|fourth-grade]] pupil who fell down the stairs, fatally stabbing him. The boy was later found to be a [[Tajikistan]] national. They took multiple [[Selfie|selfies]] with the body of the student.


Following this, the assailant injured a further two people, one being a teacher,{{Cite web |date=20 December 2025 |title=Xenophobic attack claims life of fourth-grader near Moscow, strains Tajik-Russian ties |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/68523/Russia-rains-almost-1%2C000-drones-on-Ukraine |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Roya News]]}} before taking another hostage in a barricaded room. They were swiftly arrested following the arrival of special forces, with the hostage found to be uninjured. The injured were transported and treated at Roshal center hospital. The attacker had allegedly filmed his attack and shared it to several [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channels.
Following this, the assailant injured a further two people, one being a teacher,{{Cite web |date=20 December 2025 |title=Xenophobic attack claims life of fourth-grader near Moscow, strains Tajik-Russian ties |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/68523/Russia-rains-almost-1%2C000-drones-on-Ukraine |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=[[Roya News]]}} before taking another hostage in a barricaded room. They were swiftly arrested following the arrival of special forces, with the hostage found to be uninjured. The injured were transported and treated at Roshal center hospital. The attacker had allegedly filmed his attack and shared it to several [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channels.


== Victim ==
== Victim ==