Russia attack: Eight injured in Siberian city of Surgut by 'man running along streets stabbing people'
Law enforcement declines to discuss motive
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"A man was running along the main streets stabbing people", the TASS news agency reported.
The law enforcement committee said on its web site that "the attacker has been killed".
A committee member declined to comment on whether the incident was being investigated as a potential terrorist attack.
The state-owned RIA Novosti agency said two people were in critical condition in hospital.
It happened at about 11.20am local time, Russia Today reported.
Surgut, with a population of about 320,000, is an oil- and gas-producing centre 2,100km (1,300 miles) northeast of Moscow.
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