Boy, 13, slits classmate’s throat in knife, hammer and gun rampage at Russian school

A 13-YEAR-old boy armed with a hammer, knife, and pistol has rampaged through a Russian school, wounding a teacher and three students, reports say.

One girl has been left fighting for her life after she had her throat cut and had been hit on the head with the hammer.

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A girl has been left fighting for her life following the attack[/caption]

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The attack happened in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk[/caption]

Biology teacher Nina Shoshina, 57, was wounded as she tried to overpower the boy and protect her children at the school in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk.

The suspected attacker, named as Roman G, was detained at School number 68.

The seriously wounded girl named Valeria E was undergoing surgery in an attempt to save her life, said reports.

A second girl was also undergoing emergency surgery.

The teacher said from hospital that the attacker ran into the Biology room five minutes before the end of the lesson holding a gun and hammer.

She said: “He didn’t say anything, he just screamed.

“I immediately started screaming to stop him.

“I ran up to him, but the girls were a little faster.

“He hit both of them on the head with a hammer, then I got hit on the arm, shoulder and head.”

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