MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) - An unknown attacker Wednesday stabbed ten people with a hunting knife in a synagogue in central Moscow, Moscow police confirmed.
The attacker, a young man with a shaven head, rushed into the synagogue shouting, "I came to kill you," witnesses said. Russian reports speculated that the attacker could be a member of an extremist group.
Members of the public helped the police detain the attacker.
Four people, including the Rabbi, were left in a serious condition, the NTV television channel said.
The Rabbi was taken to hospital and was undergoing surgery, Borukh Gorin, a spokesman for the Federation of Russia's Jewish Communities, said.
