Knife attacker shot dead by Russian police

Eight people have been injured in a knife attack in the Siberian city of Surgut, with police fatally shooting the attacker.

"A man was moving along the main streets stabbing people", the local office of the Russian law enforcement committee said in a statement published on its

"The committee is investigating attempted murder", the spokeswoman for the committee told Reuters by phone, adding she would not comment on whether the incident was terrorism related.