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Master's Student Attacks Teens with Fork on Flight
10/28/2025
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- Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, a 28-year-old master's student from India, allegedly attacked two teenage passengers on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany with a metal fork, prompting diversion to Boston Logan International Airport.
- Usiripalli stabbed one teen in the clavicle and another in the back of the head.
- Authorities arrested him at the airport and charged him with assault with a dangerous weapon, potentially up to 10 years in prison.
