IS group claims Russia knife attack: propaganda agency

The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for an attack by a knifeman in Russia's far north who wounded seven people today before he was shot dead, its propaganda agency said.

"The executor of the stabbing operation in the city of Surgut in Russia is a soldier of the Islamic State," Amaq said in a statement, after the group had also claimed responsibility for attacks in Spain on Thursday that left 14 dead.