A 28-year-old Indian national allegedly stabbed two teens with a metal fork and slapped a co-passenger on board a Lufthansa flight, according to American authorities.

The incident occurred on Saturday on a Chicago to Germany flight that had to be diverted to Boston Logan International Airport following the disturbance, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a press release on Monday.

According to charging documents, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old male passenger in the shoulder with a metal fork before stabbing another 17-year-old male passenger in the back of the head with the same fork. The second teen suffered a laceration on his head.

Usiripalli has been charged in the US District Court with one count of assault with a danger

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