Watch: Brutal attack in Russian city kills 8 people, attacker shot by police

In a brutal attack, a knife attaker stabbed eight people on the street in Russia's far northern city of Surgut but later shot by police.

The Russia's Investigative Committee said, “carried out attacks on passers-by, causing stab wounds to eight.”

It called for calm over the incident, saying that “in the interests of public calm and also of the investigation, citizens and media are recommended to use reliable information in assessing the situation until all the circumstances are established.”

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