A sophomore-year student on Friday attacked a female teacher with what is assumed to be a knife in the city of Berezniki in Russia’s Perm Region, the student had been detained.

“The student has committed an unlawful act against the teacher, using an object that looks like a knife. The student has been detained, the teacher is receiving medical assistance”, - police said.

The investigators are currently interrogating the attacker and the witnesses and are inspecting the site. The motives that led to the crime are being established.

In the meantime, the teacher who was stabbed in the neck has undergone surgery and her condition is assessed as moderately severe.

The attack comes 10 days after the deadly school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan.