{"id":237843,"date":"2023-10-05T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=237843"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:31:08","slug":"australian-plane-passenger-subdued-after-stabbing-man-with-fork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/australian-plane-passenger-subdued-after-stabbing-man-with-fork\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Australian&apos; plane passenger subdued after stabbing man with fork"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Australian&#8217; plane passenger is bundled to the ground and subdued after stabbing the man next to him with a fork during flight to Bangkok because &#8216;I thought he was going to bite me&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Alexey Fursov, 35. allegedly stabbed a man with a fork on a flight from Bangkok<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He was overheard complaining about restraints he was put in after the attack<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Fursov reportedly told a passenger he had a wife and son in Australia\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An &#8216;Australian&#8217; man was thrown to the ground and subdued by his fellow plane passengers after he allegedly stabbed the man sitting next to him because he &#8216;thought he was going to bite [him].&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alexey Fursov was detained by Russian police in Moscow after allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger with a fork, piercing &#8216;the victim in the chest, shoulder and back in the frenzied attack&#8217;\u00a0on a plane from Bangkok.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Passengers on the flight also said the 35-year-old, who reportedly told another passenger he had a wife and son in Australia, had a knife up his sleeve and sharp scissors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic footage shows Fursov, 35, being subdued and detained by officials shortly after the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fursov can be heard pleading for his restraints to be taken off, claiming he did not what was going on as he had been &#8216;away for four years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207327-12598111-image-m-52_1696516289495.jpg\" height=\"952\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alexey Fursov (pictured) was detained by Russian police in Moscow after allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger with a fork<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207321-12598111-image-m-48_1696516100866.jpg\" height=\"958\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was heard moaning that his restraints were hurting him too much, shortly after he allegedly stabbed a man with a fork<\/p>\n<p>Flight attendants and passengers can be seen telling him to hop towards the back of the plane as Fursov moans in pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is then placed on what appears to be a seat at the very back of the plane, and tried justifying his actions by claiming he believed the alleged victim &#8216;was gonna bite [him].&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I got my fork ready, then he twitched again, I just stood him up and then I decided to poke him,&#8217; seemingly downplaying the alleged attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought I&#8217;d just poke him and he&#8217;s disappear.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>An incredulous witness then sarcastically asks him: &#8216;Like a balloon bursting?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fursov was then seen being taken away in cuffs by a Moscow police officer with a dazed look on his face.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207331-12598111-image-a-51_1696516177185.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was detained by Moscow police once the flight from Bangkok landed<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207333-12598111-image-a-42_1696515918418.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He claimed that he thought the man sitting next to him was going to bite him<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207347-12598111-image-a-45_1696516077095.jpg\" height=\"351\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Furzov reportedly told a fellow passenger that he had a wife and son in Australia, and had not been back to Russia in four years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/15\/76207343-12598111-image-m-53_1696516417412.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moscow Police took him off the plane and detained him<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After he was tied up, for the rest of the flight he was guarded by passengers in hour-long shifts as he kicked and tried to free himself,&#8217; a witness told Moscow media.<\/p>\n<p>The victim is understood to have survived the attack, though was given first aid by cabin crew members.<\/p>\n<p>Fursov&#8217;s alleged attack comes after passengers on another plane from Bangkok were sent into a frenzy after an otter that was smuggled onboard began running free alongside a rat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shocked passengers noticed a giant albino rat with glistening red eyes when they walked to the bathroom on the Airbus A320 flying to Taiwan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Flustered air hostesses searched the plane and noticed a second wild creature &#8211; a foot-long otter under a seat.<\/p>\n<p>The crew can be seen tying up a black bag that appears to have at least one of the animals inside it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, a box of 28 live turtles was also found when police searched the plane upon landing in Taipei following the three-hour and 45-minute low-cost flight operated by Vietnamese carrier Viet Jet.<\/p>\n<p>Officials launched an investigation into how the creatures were smuggled through the security checks at the notoriously corrupt Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12598111\/Australian-plane-passenger-bundled-ground-subdued-stabbing-man-fork-flight-Bangkok-thought-going-bite-me.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Australian&#8217; 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