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Doctors Save Boy’s Left Hand After Krasnogorsk ‘Gift’ Explosion

Authorities opened an attempted murder case over a device masked as a present.

Overview

  • Surgeons at the L. M. Roshal Children's Scientific Clinical Center said the left hand and all its fingers were fully preserved.
  • Only one finger on the right hand remains after traumatic injuries that led to partial amputations, clinicians reported.
  • The child is in serious condition, according to the Moscow Region children's ombudsman.
  • Investigators said the object was wrapped like a gift with a 10‑ruble note, and doctors described the blast trauma as consistent with a powerful device.
  • A criminal case for attempted murder by a public‑dangerous method has been opened, and investigators are pursuing how and by whom the device was placed.