A 28-year-old man has been charged following the alleged incident, which occurred on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany on Saturday, Oct. 25
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- Two teenagers were allegedly stabbed during Lufthansa flight 431 from Chicago to Germany on Saturday, Oct. 25
- Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli was arrested in connection with the incidents after the flight diverted to Boston Logan International Airport
- Usiripalli, 28, allegedly also slapped a female passenger and attempted to slap a flight crew member during the disturbance
Two teenagers were allegedly attacked with a metal fork by a fellow passenger on their flight from Chicago to Germany.
On Saturday, Oct. 25, a 17-year-old boy on Lufthansa flight 431 allegedly awoke to see 28-year-old Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli standing over him, according to a press release from the U S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts. The boy had been “sleeping lightly” in the middle seat when he was struck with a fork in the left clavicle.
Another 17-year-old boy, who was sitting towards the right of the injured teen in the center row of the aircraft, suffered a laceration to the back of his head after Usiripalli, 28, allegedly lunged at him with the same fork…