Russian journalist says Israeli attacker was intent on killing her

Tatyana Felgenhauer speaks to press upon leaving hospital where she was treated for stab wounds to the throat

By AP 8 November 2017, 7:37 pm

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An undated handout photo released by Ekho Moskvy radio station shows journalist Tatyana Felgenhauer. (Vitaly Ruvinsky, Ekho Moskvy photo via AP)

MOSCOW — A Russian journalist who narrowly survived a stabbing attack last month said her Israeli attacker was intent on killing her.

Tatyana Felgenhauer, a top host and deputy editor-in-chief at Ekho Moskvy, was stabbed in the throat at the station’s offices in central Moscow last month and spent hours in a medically induced coma.

The attack on Felgenhauer, the latest in a string of assaults on journalists and opposition activists in Moscow, sent shockwaves through Russia’s journalist community.

Investigators identified the attacker as a 48-year-old man with Russian and Israeli citizenship. His testimony released by the police suggests that he might be mentally unstable.

Felgenhauer, who was recently discharged from a hospital, told The Associated Press on Wednesday she is “confident” that the man is sane, adding that he “struck with determination.”