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Scottish Sun
28-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Five teens killed in horror knife rampage at 15th birthday party after girl ‘refused twisted attacker's advances'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) RUSSIAN police are investigating the brutal deaths of five teens during a birthday party for a 15-year-old girl. Mikhail Paramonov, 17, allegedly went on a killing spree after a 14-year-old girl refused his advances, according to Russian reports. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 10 Mikhail set fire to the country house in Russia's Irkutsk region after reportedly killing the teens Credit: East2West 10 Attacker Mikhail Paramanov was a young wrestler Credit: East2West 10 The children all attended School Number 11 in Baikalsk, except Mikhail who is said to have left Credit: East2West The murders, involving stabbings and a gas canister explosion, took place at a country house in Baikalsk, in Russia's Irkutsk region, on Tuesday night. Mikhail, the oldest at the party, allegedly became 'heavily intoxicated', attacking and killing four teenagers with a knife, reports claim. The victims have been named as Polina Markova, 16, Nikolai Malyshev, 13, Vadim Pavlushkin, 14, and Oybek Bondursky, 14. Among the 14 at the party, four teens were also wounded. One girl, Veronika, 15, remarkably survived by pretending to be dead after being stabbed, according to reports. When the attacker left the room, she managed to escape and alerted a neighbour, who then raised the alarm. The neighbour, along with some of the teenagers, called the police. Mikhail ran back into the house and set the house on fire, opening the gas canister, according to reports. Viktoria, 14, managed to escape seconds before the gas explosion. She saw Mikhail 'opening a gas canister' and setting the house on fire. New site searches after Fiona Pender disappearance reclassified as murder Mikhail was killed in the fire and was found by police 'naked and holding a knife'. Anastasia Sinota, 15, whose birthday was being celebrated, escaped the horror. Some reports say that the four dead were killed in their sleep but this has not been confirmed. Police found five the bodies of four boys and one girl in the burnt house. Most of the children had told their parents they were staying with friends, according to reports. Their parents were unaware they had travelled to a 'dacha' - or country house - for a party, some 125 miles from regional capital Irkutsk city. 10 Police investigating the crime scene Credit: East2West 10 Polina Markova, 16, was tragically killed Credit: East2West 10 Oybek Bondurskiy, 14, was also killed Credit: East2West The children all attended the same School Number 11 in Baikalsk, but Mikhail - a young wrestler - had left. Regional children's ombudswoman Tatyana Afanasyeva said: 'As a result of this terrible crime, five teenagers were killed, including the attacker. 'Four were hospitalised. 'Three minors are receiving psychological assistance, they are in a state of profound shock. 'One minor was operated on, and may be transported to Irkutsk for further treatment, depending on his condition.' Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Kobzev said one of the victims was seriously wounded. 'The wounded children were hospitalised. 'A 14-year-old teenager with neck wounds is in extremely serious condition.' The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a full probe into the murders. A statement read: 'At some point, one of them attacked those present with a knife.' It added: 'As a result, four teenagers died at the scene, and another four were taken to the hospital with various injuries. 'The suspected attacker set the house on fire after the attack and died in the resulting fire.' A former classmate said: 'Everyone is shocked, of course, that [Mikhail] could do such a thing. 'He was a good person, but with stupid jokes. 'He always helped whoever he could, he was popular with girls. 'But after the 10th grade he left because he couldn't handle the school programme.' The wounded children have been named as Viktoria 'Vika' Vishnyakova, 14, Veronika Rakitneko, 15, Ruslan Fedotov, 14, and Dmitriy Semyon, 15. Five others safely left the scene of the massacre. 10 Vadim Pavlushkin, 14, was tragically killed Credit: East2West 10 Ruslan Fedotov, 14, was injured Credit: East2West 10 Alena Akhmetova, 13, left the party ahead of the mass stabbing Credit: East2West
The Irish Sun
28-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Five teens killed in horror knife rampage at 15th birthday party after girl ‘refused twisted attacker's advances'
RUSSIAN police are investigating the brutal deaths of five teens during a birthday party for a 15-year-old girl. Mikhail Paramonov, 17, allegedly went on a killing spree after a 14-year-old girl refused his advances, according to Russian reports. Advertisement 10 Mikhail set fire to the country house in Russia's Irkutsk region after reportedly killing the teens Credit: East2West 10 Attacker Mikhail Paramanov was a young wrestler Credit: East2West 10 The children all attended School Number 11 in Baikalsk, except Mikhail who is said to have left Credit: East2West The murders, involving stabbings and a gas canister explosion, took place at a country house in Baikalsk, in Russia's Irkutsk region, on Tuesday night. Mikhail, the oldest at the party, allegedly became 'heavily intoxicated', attacking and killing four teenagers with a knife, reports claim. The victims have been named as Polina Markova, 16, Nikolai Malyshev, 13, Vadim Pavlushkin, 14, and Oybek Bondursky, 14. Among the 14 at the party, four teens were also wounded. Advertisement Read more world news One girl, Veronika, 15, remarkably survived by pretending to be dead after being stabbed, according to reports. When the attacker left the room, she managed to escape and alerted a neighbour, who then raised the alarm. The neighbour, along with some of the teenagers, called the police. Mikhail ran back into the house and set the house on fire, opening the gas canister, according to reports. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun Viktoria, 14, managed to escape seconds before the gas explosion. She saw Mikhail 'opening a gas canister' and setting the house on fire. New site searches after Fiona Pender disappearance reclassified as murder Mikhail was killed in the fire and was found by police 'naked and holding a knife'. Anastasia Sinota, 15, whose birthday was being celebrated, escaped the horror. Advertisement Some reports say that the four dead were killed in their sleep but this has not been confirmed. Police found five the bodies of four boys and one girl in the burnt house. Most of the children had told their parents they were staying with friends, according to reports. Their parents were unaware they had travelled to a 'dacha' - or country house - for a party, some 125 miles from regional capital Irkutsk city. Advertisement 10 Police investigating the crime scene Credit: East2West 10 Polina Markova, 16, was tragically killed Credit: East2West 10 Oybek Bondurskiy, 14, was also killed Credit: East2West The children all attended the same School Number 11 in Baikalsk, but Mikhail - a young wrestler - had left. Advertisement Regional children's ombudswoman Tatyana Afanasyeva said: 'As a result of this terrible crime, five teenagers were killed, including the attacker. 'Four were hospitalised. 'Three minors are receiving psychological assistance, they are in a state of profound shock. 'One minor was operated on, and may be transported to Irkutsk for further treatment, depending on his condition.' Advertisement Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Kobzev said one of the victims was seriously wounded. 'The wounded children were hospitalised. 'A 14-year-old teenager with neck wounds is in extremely serious condition.' The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a full probe into the murders. Advertisement A statement read: 'At some point, one of them attacked those present with a knife.' It added: 'As a result, four teenagers died at the scene, and another four were taken to the hospital with various injuries. 'The suspected attacker set the house on fire after the attack and died in the resulting fire.' A former classmate said: 'Everyone is shocked, of course, that [Mikhail] could do such a thing. Advertisement 'He was a good person, but with stupid jokes. 'He always helped whoever he could, he was popular with girls. 'But after the 10th grade he left because he couldn't handle the school programme.' The wounded children have been named as Viktoria 'Vika' Vishnyakova, 14, Veronika Rakitneko, 15, Ruslan Fedotov, 14, and Dmitriy Semyon, 15. Advertisement Five others safely left the scene of the massacre. 10 Vadim Pavlushkin, 14, was tragically killed Credit: East2West 10 Ruslan Fedotov, 14, was injured Credit: East2West 10 Alena Akhmetova, 13, left the party ahead of the mass stabbing Credit: East2West Advertisement 10 Attacker Mikhail Paramonov was found dead by police Credit: East2West
Daily Mirror
28-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Teen knifeman 'killed four and burned down home after girl, 14, refused sex'
Knifeman Mikhail Paramonov reportedly slew five people while staying at a Russian country house in Baikalsk, Irkutsk, before burning down the property and killing himself Five people were killed in a horror knife rampage in which a "drunk" 17-year-old attacker allegedly turned on fellow teen party goers after demanding sex with a younger girl. Police have said they are investigating a massacre at the birthday party of a 15-year-old girl in Baikalsk, Russia's Irkutsk region believed to have taken place after the teen demanded sex from a 14-year-old girl. Investigators have named Mikhail Paramonov as the boy who they believe killed four people after other friends at the party of 14 stood up for the girl and told Paramonov to go to sleep because he was "drunk". The teen knifeman is said to have missed two people after they played dead at the scene. According to local reports, Mikhail, a young wrestler who was the oldest at the party, became "heavily intoxicated" and killed the other children, including 16-year-old Polina Markova, Nikolai Malyshev, 13, Vadim Pavlushkin, 14, and Oybek Bondursky, 14, and injured four others. The injured children have been named as Viktoria 'Vika' Vishnyakova, 14, Veronika Rakitneko, 15, Ruslan Fedotov, 14, and Dmitriy Semyon, 15. Veronika was able to survive by playing dead after she was stabbed, prompting her attacker to move on. She then fled outside and went to a neighbour who raised the alarm with police as other teenagers also put in calls to emergency services. Anastasia Sinota, 15, whose birthday was being celebrated, escaped the massacre, and another girl, 14-year-old Viktoria, managed to escape seconds before the gas explosion. She claimed to have seen Mikhail "opening a gas canister" and setting the house ablaze, and fled before the teenage boy was killed in the ensuing flames. Police found five bodies in the fire-ravaged house, four males and one female, after most of the children told their parents they were staying with friends, said reports. Their parents were unaware they had travelled to a 'dacha' - or country house - for a party, some 125 miles from regional capital Irkutsk city. The children all attended the same School Number 11 in Baikalsk, but Mikhail had left. Police reportedly glimpsed the suspect "naked and holding a knife" when they arrived at the scene, and watched him run back into the house before it caught fire. Regional children's ombudswoman Tatyana Afanasyeva said the children who escaped the scene have been left "in a state of profound shock". She said: "As a result of this terrible crime, five teenagers were killed, including the attacker. Four were hospitalised. Three minors are receiving psychological assistance, they are in a state of profound shock. "One minor was operated on, and may be transported to Irkutsk for further treatment, depending on his condition." Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Kobzev said one of the victims was seriously wounded. He said: "The wounded children were hospitalised. A 14-year-old teenager with neck wounds is in extremely serious condition." The Russian Investigative Committee has opened murder probe into the knifing of four teenagers, saying in a statement: "At some point, one of them attacked those present with a knife. "As a result, four teenagers died at the scene, and another four were taken to the hospital with various injuries. The suspected attacker set the house on fire after the attack and died in the resulting fire."
Indianapolis Star
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Indy 500 pole sitter Robert Shwartzman's fairly tale run was missing one thing. His dad
INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Shwartzman is standing in pit lane as race cars whiz by him in a blur. He's running his fingers through his hair, trying to figure out what happened to his car that ended with him running into pit wall and a few of his team members, promptly putting Shwartzman out of his first Indy 500. Shwartzman ended his fairy tale run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Lap 86 after making history in what was the ultimate, underdog storyline of the Month of May in Indy. The 25-year-old Shwartzman came out of nowhere last week to take the pole with a speed of 232.790 mph. He was the first rookie to earn the honor since Teo Fabi in 1983. As he rolled onto the track Sunday to race his first oval, Shwartzman was optimistic. His goal was, if not to finish in the top 5, to finish all 200 laps. Instead with 114 laps to go, Shwartzman was out as his front wing dangled from the car and one of his Prema Racing mechanics walked to a stretcher complaining of right foot pain. There were no major injuries. "It was really scary. It was like happening in a second. I couldn't do anything, like I couldn't ... I tried to turn the car. It just wouldn't turn," Shwartzman said. "And when I saw the guys just jumping on the car and I was bringing them to the wall, it just felt really scary. I'm very happy that they're all OK." That's what's most important to Shwartzman. That his Prema Racing team is OK, the team who took a chance on him in 2018 and have been there for him through some of the darkest days of his life as he lost his father, his racing mentor and his best friend. Second on Shwartzman's mind Sunday was his car. That's why he's running his fingers through his hair and looking a bit dazed. He isn't sure exactly what happened. "We'll have to see what was going on because actually there is a weird feeling with the car. There is a suspicion that the rear brakes did not work," he said. "I was coming here, I was actually quite slow, just taking it easy, but at the moment I just touched the brakes, both my front tires just locked up. And I was just a passenger going into the wall." It wasn't the magical ending Shwartzman wanted to the fairy tale he had written this month at IMS. But no matter how it had finished, whether Shwartzman had won Sunday or finished last or was knocked out somewhere near the middle of the race, it was a bittersweet story for him. From the time he arrived in Indianapolis, there was something missing Shwartzman was missing his biggest fan, his father Mikhail who died in 2020 from COVID-19. Mikhail was a racing lover who made his son fall hard for the sport. The two bonded over their adoration of cars and speed and were inseparable. As he raced Sunday, Shwartzman didn't have his father watching him battle it out at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. He didn't have his father to console him as he stepped out of his No. 83 red, white and green car in shock. "I mean, honestly, it feels really sad and unfortunately I couldn't make him happy today. I did my best, I think," Shwartzman said. "I would really love to see him here to witness what we have achieved here in Indy 500. But I want to believe that he's watching from up there. I feel like part of him still lives inside me and that we're doing it together." As Shwartzman thanked the fans on the microphone from pit lane, the crowd roared. He looked up and waved. And he smiled. His father would be proud. A week before Shwartzman took the pole he said he had a dream that he took the pole. He wonders if that might have been his father giving him a little nudge. After the win, his entire world changed. On Wednesday, four days before his first Indy 500, Shwartzman was getting mic'd up inside his Prema Racing trailer, looking at the calendar on his phone when his eyes widened and he sat up a little straighter. "I have quite a lot of things tomorrow," he said, looking at Prema team manager Angelina Ertsou, who smiled and nodded her head. Yes, Shwartzman's calendar has gotten busier. As the interview began, Shwartzman first wanted to be sure he knew which media outlet he was talking to. Yes, Shwartzman's media requests have blown up by somewhere in the range of 500%. Heck, probably more like 1,000%. "OK, IndyStar, right?" he asked. Yes. "So am I a star now?" he said laughing. Yes, Shwartzman, is a star. No matter that he didn't finish the race Sunday, Shwartzman has driven his way into Speedway racing lore, filling the 42-year gap of rookies to take the top starting spot. As Shwartzman rolled onto the track Sunday, he did so with a new handful of sponsors, including footwear brand Piloti, who was backing Shwartzman as an official sponsor for the race. Yet, as he rolled onto the track, he felt exactly the same as he does every time he races — from his start in go-karts as a 4-year-old to a reserve driver for Ferrari in Formula 1 as late as last year. "As you drive the car onto the track, you get quite nervous. You generally feel a lot of tension. You cannot avoid it. It's impossible," he said. "It's because your brain is cooperating in a way that it understands how dangerous this whole thing is, and so you have danger, you have a fear to crash the car." But on the track the fear dissipates and adrenaline takes over. After 22 laps, Shwartzman was in fourth place, but as each 2.5-mile turn played out, he steadily fell behind bit by bit. When he hit pit wall, he was in 13th place. "We just need to keep going forward and get stronger and stronger," he said, "believing in ourselves." As a young boy in Tel Aviv, where Shwartzman was born, he remembers how hot it was and how beautiful the Mediterranean Sea was. With so many shades of blue, it was hard to tell where one hue ended and the other began. He remembers the apartment he lived in with his sister and his parents where his favorite snack was pita bread and hummus. And he especially remembers the car his dad drove, a white Audi A3. But that one only lasted a bit. His dad was always selling a car and getting a new one. His dad loved cars, but he also had a full-time job as a businessman selling flowers. He would import them from places like the Netherlands, Colombia, Ecuador and sell them. It was a fine job, but Mikhail Shwartzman had always dreamed of being a race driver. "His passion was racing, but his childhood it was very difficult, and he couldn't be a racing driver," Shwartzman said. "So, he just wanted to have a son who would continue his journey. I'm very grateful for that because he brought me into this world and motorsports, and he was my biggest fan." Mikhail had Shwartzman in a parking lot with cones, weaving around on a go-kart by the time he was a toddler. That was 21 years ago. After that, his road to the Indy 500 was "quite simple," as Shwartzman put it. From Tel Aviv, he lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and then Italy where he competed in top go-kart championships, including the FIA Karting European Championship. He moved up the ranks to Formula 3, then Formula 3, where in 2019 he won the F3 championship. His father got to see that. A few months later in April 2020, he died at the age of 52. It was tough for Shwartzman, who in his deepest throes of grief, thought about not racing again. Instead, he took his dad's passion and decided to make it his legacy. Shwartzman quickly moved up to Formula 2 and then, a few years ago, became a reserve driver in Formula 1. Then Prema announced they were coming to IndyCar in the United States. Shwartzman was thrilled and excited. He had no idea in his first run at Indy, he'd make history. Shwartzman never wanted to do anything but race, though he does have a rap song he recorded under the name Shwartzy. That's his side gig, which some day he wouldn't mind pursuing when his racing days are over. But first, the speed. "I love the feeling of being at the edge," Shwartzman said before Sunday's race, "going so fast, battling the competition, the hunger for winning and generally trying to be the best of the best." While he didn't finish best Sunday, he said this fairy tale Indy 500, the rookie pole sitter, will be something he and his team will never forget. "It's a good example of dreaming, believing in that dream and working hard for that dream," he said. "It had the whole combination because we were underdog, nobody had any expectation on us and then we come to one of the biggest races in the whole world and we managed to win pole position." As he stood Sunday watching the drivers he beat in qualifying blow past him, Shwartzman said he was at peace with the day. "Today was not our day, unfortunately. I'm quite calm about it. It happens," he said. "I'm sure that with what we have shown in qualifying, in our future, we can definitely come back and get to this position." And, Shwartzman said, his father will be there right there with him. "I don't know how to say it. For me it's not an easy thing to describe, but I just want to believe that he's proud and happy up there," said Shwartzman. "And that there is still way more things to come in the future."
Axios
14-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
N.C. lawmakers again consider making insurers cover more breast cancer tests
For the second time in two years, the North Carolina House has voted to require insurance companies to cover supplemental breast cancer exams — but it remains to be seen whether the bill will make it through the Senate. Why it matters: For many women with dense breast tissue, a yearly mammogram that is covered by insurance can miss tumors and produce false negatives. Often, a different test, like an MRI or ultrasound, can pick up the cancer a traditional test misses. Those other tests are not typically covered by insurance, though, which makes patients less likely to pursue them and health care providers less likely to suggest them, advocates argue. Between the lines: While the House has seemed willing to pass a requirement, the Senate passed rules this year limiting insurance coverage mandates, saying they drive up costs, WUNC reported. To add a new mandate, legislators would have to repeal one of the 58 existing mandates. Thirty-four states require private insurers to offer additional coverage, but North Carolina isn't one of them. Lauren Horsch, a spokesperson for Senate leader Phil Berger, said the Senate has not discussed what bills it will consider yet, but noted leadership believes mandates drive up costs. "While this is a mandate bill, Senate Republicans will evaluate the policy through the lens of expanding access while driving down healthcare cost," she added in an email. Zoom in: The lack of progress on mandating coverage of these supplemental tests has been extremely frustrating for Sheila Mikhail, one of the Triangle's most successful CEOs and a breast cancer survivor. Mikhail, who guided the Durham biotech AskBio to a $4 billion sale to Bayer, has been one of the loudest advocates in the state for expanding coverage of supplemental tests. Like nearly half of women, she has dense breasts, which kept her mammogram from spotting a tumor at annual checkups. When it finally was discovered in 2022, it was already at Stage 2. Despite having the money to pay for her tests, she was never offered supplemental screenings. She believes doctors are less likely to push for them because they aren't covered. What they're saying: "It's absurd that to get the necessary breast cancer screenings covered we would have to take coverage away [from] something else," Mikhail said of the Senate's rules. Especially, she added, since Medicaid in North Carolina already covers MRIs for women with dense breasts. By the numbers: Mikhail, who has taken her arguments to lawmakers in Raleigh and D.C., argues it makes financial sense for insurers to cover the tests. She says that not only does finding cancer earlier lead to higher survival rates, but it also saves money. The average cost per patient with an early breast cancer diagnosis was $60,000, according to one study. For those found at Stage 1 and 2, it was $82,000, and it was even higher for those found at later stages. The big picture: Mikhail said the lack of a mandate for supplemental coverage makes the state less welcoming to all women.
