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Students injured in knife attack at film institute in Kolkata

Students at Kolkata's Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute reported being attacked with knives after confronting an outside group over an alleged political meeting. Multiple students were injured during the confrontation after objecting to the gathering. The full extent of the injuries and whether any arrests have been made remain unconfirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
4 differing positions reported on attribution across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • deutschestudents
  • feeds-feedburnerRSS-affiliated group
  • thehinduStudents, right-wing consumer group members
  • thewirehindiभाजपा-संघ से होने का दावा करने वालों
4 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • deutscheKolkata's SRFTI
  • feeds-feedburnerKolkata
  • thehinduSRFTI campus in Kolkata
  • thewirehindiकोलकाता के प्रतिष्ठित फिल्म संस्थान
2 differing positions reported on status across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • deutscheallege
  • feeds-feedburnerinjured
  • thehinduclash
  • thewirehindiहमला
WhereKolkata
22.563, 88.363 ±10 km
First reported28 days ago
Published2026-09-28 06:05 UTC
Sources4
How this travelled.
Reports7Independent tellings4
4 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Students injured in knife attack at film institute in Kolkata. 2026-09-28T06:05:52.707Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3811. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-28/kolkata-clashes-erupt-at-srfti-as-students-protest-organisations-campus-1cbf1ffe

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