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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18be845843059e670a7e1655e4e6fc68 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli was arrested after he attacked two 17-year-olds with the utensil during a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt on Saturday</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b57aec7fd878523206a55d831292547d wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>The flight was diverted to Boston&#8217;s Logan International Airport where <strong>Usiripalli, 28,</strong> was arrested for stabbing the<strong><strong> teenagers with a metal fork in the head and chest during his mid-flight rampage</strong></strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b598ee106224e177c21a39876abdfde2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>One of the boys had been asleep in a middle seat when he woke up to find Usiripalli standing over him with a fork shortly after the cabin crew had served meals </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a105f4b756d6719061b720bb875ddd1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>The assailant <strong>who reportedly, has been living unlawfully in the U</strong>S after overstaying his student vis, then<strong> stabbed another 17-year-old boy, slapped a female passenger and tried to hit a crew member</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45b89b09d475ef948c4fb8f5d0318b5d wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Usiripalli has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to cause bodily harm</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4c850e723c08161d682ac7083739903 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f0404;font-size:14px"><strong>The Indian national faces a sentence of up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, if convicted </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>During a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt on Saturday, a male passenger, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, attacked fellow passengers. He stabbed two teenagers, slapped a female passenger then went after a crew member </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A 28,year-old male on a Lufthansa flight has arrested US he allegedly <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/indian-man-charged-assault-aboard-aircraft">stabbed two teenagers </a>with a metal fork in the head and chest during a mid-flight attack. <br>Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, attacked two 17-year-olds with the utensil during a Lufthansa flight bound for Germany on Saturday, according to prosecutors.<br>The plane scheduled to fly from Chicago to Frankfurt was diverted to Boston, Massachusetts, following the attack.<br>One of the teenagers had been asleep in a middle seat when he woke up to find Usiripalli standing over him with a fork shortly after the cabin crew had served meals, according to the US Attorney’s Office. <br>Usiripalli allegedly lunged forward and stabbed the teenager in the collarbone before turning on another passenger and striking him in the back of the head.<br>Cabin crew intervened, but prosecutors said Usiripalli made a gun shape with his hand, put his fingers in his mouth and mimed pulling the trigger. <br>He then slapped a female passenger and tried to hit one of the crew members before being restrained. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Frankfurt bound flight was diverted to Boston’s Logan International Airport. <strong>Usiripalli was arrested and has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to cause bodily harm</strong></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The aircraft was forced to reroute to Boston’s Logan International Airport, where police apprehended him upon landing.<br> The Indian national, who overstayed his student visa in America, making his stay illegal, has been charged with with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to cause bodily harm. <br>Authorities said he previously entered the United States on a student visa and was enrolled in a master’s program in biblical studies, but no longer holds legal status in the country.<br>Usiripalli&#8217;s charge carries of a sentence of up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.</p>



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Male passenger, 28, ‘stabs two teens with metal fork in frenzied mid-air attack’, slaps female passenger, as Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt diverts to Boston
