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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.
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