Police say terror not main angle in Surgut attack probe: report

The New York Times 12:55 - 19 August 2017

Russia's Investigative Committee -- which probes major crimes -- said they were looking into the suspect's "possible psychiatric disorders"

Russian police said Saturday that "terrorism" was not the main angle of the investigation after identifying the attacker who stabbed seven people on the streets of a far northern city of Surgut.

"The version that the attack was a terrorist one is not the main one," the interior ministry's press service in the Khanty-Mansi region told the Interfax news agency, saying that the attacker had been identified and may have suffered from psychiatric disorders.