Three killed in knife attack in Russian city of Yekaterinburg

An general view taken on August 19, 2017 shows the the Yekaterinburg Arena in Yekaterinburg. (File/AFP)

• Police detained a man who had attacked people with a knife

MOSCOW : Three people were killed in a knife attack on Monday near a train station in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, the TASS news agency cited law enforcement as saying.
Police detained a man who had attacked people with a knife, the report said. The stabbings happened amid an argument over alcohol, a law enforcement agency was cited as saying.