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Russia Sentences Father in Homemade Gun Killing as Ural Grenade-Threat Suspect Is Remanded

Two weapon-linked domestic disputes drew a prison term in Zabaykalsky Krai plus pretrial custody in the Urals.

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.