Knife-wielding man attacks kindergarten in Orenburg Region: what we know

ORENBURG, February 5. /TASS/. A man armed with a knife broke into a kindergarten in the Orenburg Region. The latest reports indicate that a teacher was injured in the attack.

TASS has compiled the key details known about the incident.

- The incident occurred at a kindergarten facility in the city of Buguruslan.

- The attack was reported at about 1 p.m. (8 a.m. GMT) to the Buguruslan district department of the Russian Interior Ministry.

- Preliminary findings indicate that a 25-year-old local man forced open a side door at the kindergarten and threatened staff with a knife, according to the press service of the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for the Orenburg Region.