This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2025 shows the site of a school stabbing in Moscow, Russia. A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said, adding that a criminal case has been initiated. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said, adding that a criminal case has been initiated.

The victim was a fourth-grade student, said Ksenia Mishonova, children's rights ombudswoman of the Moscow region.

The attacker has been detained and is being transported to investigative authorities, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. ■

This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2025 shows the site of a school stabbing in Moscow, Russia. A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said, adding that a criminal case has been initiated. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2025 shows the site of a school stabbing in Moscow, Russia. A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said, adding that a criminal case has been initiated. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2025 shows the site of a school stabbing in Moscow, Russia. A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said, adding that a criminal case has been initiated. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)