The key facts

  • A 42-year-old man stabbed an eleventh-grader in the chest at the Oktyabr cinema in Bolshoy Kamen; the teenager died at the scene
  • After the attack, the suspect, according to Baza, handed the knife to his mother, who works at the cinema, and stayed to wait for the police
  • A criminal case has been opened

Attack at the Oktyabr cinema

In the town of Bolshoy Kamen, Primorsky Krai, a man attacked a schoolboy with a knife at the Oktyabr cinema. According to the Telegram channel Baza, cited by Gazeta.Ru,the attack took place while the eleventh-grader was in the cinema café with friends. A man armed with a knife entered the hall; the teenagers ran away, and one of them tried to speak to the aggressive stranger — after which he was stabbed in the chest. The young man died at the scene.

Detention and circumstances

The 42-year-old suspect has been detained. According to Baza, after the attack he handed the knife to his mother, who works at the cinema, and stayed to wait for the police. The channel also reports that the man often came to his mother's workplace and demanded money. A criminal case has been opened.

What remains unclear

The available publications do not provide details about the motives for the attack, the exact time of the incident, or the progress of the investigation — this information has not yet been disclosed. The material is based on reports from the Telegram channel Baza as retold by Gazeta.Ru; there is no separate official confirmation of the details in the cited sources.