A man in Simferopol killed his 12-year-old nephew and injured two of his relatives.

In Simferopol, a man killed his 12-year-old nephew and injured his brother and mother, and a criminal case has been opened into the incident. This was announced on December 2 by the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.

"A criminal case has been opened into the murder of a minor, as well as the attempted murder of his mother and young brother (paragraph "b" of part 2 of Article 105, part 3 of Article 30 of paragraph "a", paragraph "b" of part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)," follows from a publication in the Telegram channel of the department..

It is specified that in a private house at night, a 27-year-old young man killed his underage nephew with a kitchen hatchet, injured his six-year-old brother and their 37-year-old mother. According to the agency, the woman resisted the attacker and called for help from a relative living with them.

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