An Indian national has been charged in the United States for allegedly stabbing two teenage passengers with a metal fork aboard a Lufthansa flight traveling from Chicago to Frankfurt, prompting an emergency diversion to Boston. According to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts, 28-year-old Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli has been charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while traveling on an aircraft under the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. He was arrested upon landing at Boston Logan International Airport on October 25, 2025, and is expected to appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.

The criminal complaint alleges that during Lufthansa Flight 431, Usiripalli attacked two 17-year-old male passengers seated near

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