An Indian national has been indicted for allegedly stabbing two 17-year-olds with a fork, causing a plane to divert to Boston.

On Oct. 25, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old boy in the shoulder with a metal fork and then stabbed another 17-year-old boy in the back of the head with the same fork while on Lufthansa Flight 431 from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office .

The fork stab wound one of the teens sustained. – U.S. Attorney’s Office

Per authorities:

Specifically, following meal service, Minor A was sleeping lightly in a middle seat when he allegedly awoke to see Usiripalli standing over him. It is alleged that Usiripalli used his right hand to strike Minor A in the left clavicle area with a metal fork. Usiripalli th

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