A former mercenary of PMC "Wagner" named Yuri stabbed a 12-year-old child in the chest in the Krasnodar region. It happened on the night of June 14, said pro-Kremlin telegram channels.
It turned out that the "Wagnerite" snuck into the house in the middle of the night, took a knife from the kitchen, with which he wounded the child in his bedroom. The boy's trachea was damaged and he is in a stable serious condition.
The child's aunt said that at night strange sounds were heard from the boy's room. When the woman turned on the light, she saw that her nephew was being stabbed by an unknown man.
The woman tried to stop the "hero of Special military operation", but he ran away; a few minutes later, the man stabbed her nephew. but he ran away. A few hours later he was detained.
The former mercenary had previously been tried for theft and murder. In 2023, from the colony, Yuri was recruited to the PMC "Wagner". Having returned from the war in Ukraine, he was pardoned.
The IC opened a criminal case under the article on attempted murder of a minor and illegal entry into a dwelling. The motives of the attacker are not yet known. He claims that he does not remember anything.
The mercenaries of "PMC Wagner", who returned from the war, regularly commit repeat offenses. As of the end of April, 84 such cases with human casualties have been completed or are ongoing in Russian courts, the publication "Wurstka" calculated.
Recently, one of them was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 85-year-old pensioner.
Last week, the story of Vladimir Vlasov, who brutally murdered his 4-year-old stepdaughter, the daughter of another participant in the war against Ukraine, became known. In court, he again enlisted in the war to go free.