Overview

• On Tuesday night at a dacha in Baikalsk, 17-year-old Mikhail Paramonov attacked fellow teenagers with a knife after a 14-year-old girl refused his sexual advance.
• The assault left four victims aged 13 to 16 dead and wounded four others before Paramonov lit a gas canister, setting the house ablaze and dying in the fire.
• Most attendees, students of Baikalsk’s School Number 11, had been drinking heavily at the party held on the suspect’s parents’ property.
• Three survivors are receiving psychological support and one injured teen underwent surgery with a possible transfer to Irkutsk for further treatment.
• Local officials declared three days of mourning in Baikalsk and established an operational headquarters to coordinate response efforts.