Indian nationwide allegedly stabs two teenagers mid-flight; charged with assault

A 28-year-old Indian nationwide allegedly stabbed two teenagers with a steel fork and slapped a co-passenger on board a Chicago to Germany flight, in accordance with American authorities.

The incident occurred on Saturday (October 25, 2025) on a Lufthansa flight that needed to be diverted to Boston Logan International Airport following the disturbance, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts mentioned in a press launch on Monday (October 27).

According to charging paperwork, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old male passenger on the shoulder with a steel fork earlier than stabbing one other 17-year-old male passenger behind the pinnacle with the identical fork. The second teen suffered a laceration on his head.

Usiripalli has been charged within the U.S. District Court with one rely of assault with a harmful weapon with intent to do bodily hurt whereas touring on an plane within the Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States.

Accused was arrested on October 25 and can seem in federal courtroom in Boston at a later date.

If convicted, Usiripalli could possibly be sentenced to jail for as much as 10 years, as much as three years of supervised launch, and a superb of as much as $250,000.

The alleged assault came about following the meal service, in accordance with the doc.

When makes an attempt have been made to subdue Usiripalli, he fashioned a gun together with his fingers, put it in his mouth, and pulled an imaginary set off, the paperwork allege. He then slapped a feminine passenger and in addition tried to slap a flight crew member.

Usiripalli doesn’t have “lawful status” within the U.S. presently. He was beforehand within the U.S. on a scholar visa and was enrolled in a grasp’s programme in biblical research, in accordance with the press launch.