13-Year-Old Girl Fatally Stabs Half-Sisters in Russia
The tragic incident occurred while the parents were reporting domestic violence to the police in Samara.
- 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.