“In Kyiv, a 14-year-old schoolboy is suspected of attempting to kill a teacher and a classmate after an armed attack at an educational institution on January 12. Both victims and the attacker are in the hospital, the investigation is investigating the motives and preparing a request for detention”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“It was established that on the morning of January 12, 2026, the suspect, a 9th grade student, came to the school where he studies with a backpack in which he brought a balaclava, a helmet and two knives prepared in advance to commit a crime.
In the locker room, he put on a balaclava and a helmet and went to the door of the classroom, where the lesson had already started. There, the teenager began to beat the door with his hands and feet. When the teacher opened them, the boy started stabbing her. After that, he struck several blows to his classmate, who was sitting at the second desk.
The teacher and a classmate of the attacker received various degrees of physical injuries and are currently in the hospital in a serious condition, receiving medical assistance.
The attacker himself is also in the hospital under the supervision of law enforcement officers, he was served with a notice of suspicion. A motion is also being prepared to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the suspect,” the OGP says.
Investigators are establishing the motives of the teenager’s act. His actions are qualified as an attempt on the lives of two people (Part 2 of Article 15, Part 2, Clause 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
On January 12, Kyiv police reported that a student came to one of the capital’s schools with a knife and injured two people – a teacher and a classmate. According to law enforcement officers, after the attack, the teenager locked himself in the restroom and wounded himself in the arm and abdomen with a knife. Currently, he, like the victims, is in a hospital, receiving the necessary medical assistance.
In November 2025, after the shooting incident on the school grounds, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, stated that the schools were “insufficiently protected by basic security measures.”