Overview
- A Chitinsky District Court gave a 68-year-old Atamanovka resident 13 years and 9 months in a strict-regime colony for killing his son with a homemade firearm.
- The court found he kept a single-barrel 5.6 mm improvised gun he discovered in 2020, shot his son in the head during a 2022 quarrel, then fatally shot him in June 2025.
- He was convicted under articles for illegal firearms possession and for attempted and completed murder; the verdict has not yet entered legal force.
- The seized homemade weapon was transferred to Rosgvardiya, and prosecutors said the defendant admitted guilt while denying intent to kill.
- In Pervouralsk, a 52-year-old accused of holding his partner and threatening a grenade was ordered held until January 17, 2026, on an unlawful deprivation of liberty charge; the woman was freed unharmed, no explosive was found, and police cite prior convictions for robbery and assault.