| 2025 Odintsovo school attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | 55°43′36″N37°09′39″E / 55.72670682390796°N 37.16079810247426°E Uspenskaya Secondary School, Gorki-2, Moscow |
| Date | December 16, 2025 |
| Target | Students & School staff |
Attack type | |
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| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Timofey K. [1] |
| Motive | Ethnic hatred, Misanthropy, Suicidal ideation, White supremacy [2] |
The 2025 Odintsovo school attack was a deadly school attack that occurred on 16 December 2025 at Uspenskaya Secondary School in Gorki-2 settlement, a subdivision of Odintsovo city, Moscow Oblast, Russia. A 15-year-old student attacked fellow students and school staff with a knife and pepper spray, killing a 10-year-old pupil of Tajik descent and injuring several others before being detained by law enforcement. A criminal case was opened by the Investigative Committee of Russia. [3] [4] The perpetrator also livestreamed the attack.
On the morning of 16 December 2025, a 15-year-old pupil entered Uspenskaya Secondary School in Gorki-2, armed with at least one knife and reportedly a pepper spray device. [5] According to statements from local authorities, the attacker sprayed a security guard before stabbing a 10-year-old fourth-grade pupil, a Tajikistan citizen [6] , who later died from his injuries. Several other individuals, including the guard, were wounded and transported to a nearby hospital. [7] The attacker filmed his attack. [6]
The suspect was subdued and detained at the scene by responding police officers. [8] The Investigative Committee of Russia announced that a criminal investigation had been opened on charges, including murder. [9]
Following the attack, the school was evacuated and emergency services were deployed to the area. Classes were suspended as investigators conducted on-site examinations and interviews with witnesses. [10]
The words "No Lives Matter" were found written on the murderer's t-shirt. [11] [ dead link ] Before the attack he published an online manifesto, named "My Wrath", in which he expressed his hatred of Muslims, Jews, liberals and antifascists. [6]
Ten-year-old Kobiljon Aliyev, a citizen of Tajikistan who had moved to Russia with his mother and younger brother. The victim's mother worked as a cleaner at the same school. On December 18, his body was returned to Tajikistan and buried in the Aliyevs' home village.
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