Overview

• The victims, aged two and five, were found with stab wounds to the neck and chest in an apartment in Toljatti, Samara region.
• The 13-year-old suspect has been admitted to a psychiatric facility following the incident.
• Authorities suggest the motive was to prevent the parents from staying together, as the mother had reconciled with the father of the deceased girls.
• Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigation Committee, has taken over the investigation.
• In Russia, the age of criminal responsibility for murder is 14, complicating the legal proceedings.