In Germany, a Chechen helped to neutralize a woman who attacked passersby with a knife

A native of Chechnya, Abu-Bakar-Siddik Agayev, was the first to knock the knife out of the hands of a woman who attacked visitors to the main train station of Hamburg in Germany. Before that, she managed to injure 18 people.

“I was seeing my cousin off, as usual, and we were standing there waiting for the train. Suddenly, we saw a woman with a knife heading towards us, she looked inadequate. This woman was already running towards us and stabbing everyone in her path. I managed to knock the knife out of her hands and held it until the authorities arrived. In general, she did not resist. It was obvious that she had mental problems,” Agayev said.

He added that a Syrian, Mohammad al-Mohammad, helped him restrain the woman.

The incident occurred on May 23. The motives of the attacker are unknown. According to German media, she suffers from a psychiatric disorder. The police and local authorities expressed gratitude to the two men. It was their determination that helped avoid more victims, the authorities emphasized.

Последние новости
Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
Society
Keys to 52 new homes handed to Dagestan flood victims
6 October 2026

On October 6, in the settlement of Mamedkala in Dagestan’s Derbent District, keys to 52 new homes were handed to families who had lost their housing due to spring flooding. The ceremony was attended by Yana Lantratova, Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, and Fedor Shchukin, the Acting Head of the Republic.

Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
Human rights
Sixteen imprisoned female journalists from Russia and Ukraine receive Politkovskaya Award
6 October 2026

The Anna Politkovskaya Award has this year been given to 11 Russian and five Ukrainian female journalists who are imprisoned in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

 

According to the award’s founder, the international organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR), the nominations committee praised the “courage and integrity” of the laureates, who “risk their freedom and even their lives to report on the war and speak out against human rights violations, war crimes and the escalating repression of journalists, human rights defenders and anti-war activists in Russia”.

Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
Politics
Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties clashed in the Armenian parliament
6 October 2026

A scuffle broke out in the National Assembly of Armenia on October 6 between MPs from the ruling "Civil Contract" party and the opposition "Strong Armenia" bloc.

Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
Human rights
Chechen Activists Protest Against Movlaev’s Extradition in Paris
6 October 2026

Chechen activists Abubakar Yangulbaev and Said Dzhumaev joined a rally in support of Mansur Movlaev and Yulia Emelyanova, held as part of the "Russie-Libertés" forum in Paris. Forum participants spoke out against their potential extradition from Kazakhstan to Russia.