An Indian national, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, has been charged in the US with allegedly stabbing two teenagers with a metal fork and slapping a passenger on board a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany, according to a statement by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
According to court documents, Usiripalli allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old passenger in the shoulder with a metal fork and then subsequently attacked another 17-year-old and stabbed him in the back of his head with the same fork.The first victim was sleeping in a middle seat when he woke up to find Usiripalli standing over him, after which the 28-year-old accused struck his left clavicle area with the fork and lunged to attack the second victim, who suffered a laceration on the back of his head.
🚨#FBI Boston has charged Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, an Indian national, with allegedly stabbing two minor victims with a metal fork while on board a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany. Learn more: https://t.co/PRVulpkuaQ pic.twitter.com/VDkyAqM0x1
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