A young man killed his friend after a violent brawl over the latter's attempt to deliberately kill a cat in Russia's Primorye region.

Police found the body of the 53-year-old victim yesterday with head injuries and bruises, and opened a criminal investigation into the case of "intentionally causing damage resulting in death."

After arresting the suspect, a 22-year-old young man, he confessed that he had assaulted his drunk friend because the latter had killed a cat.

He explained that he had beaten him with an iron bar on his head, causing the loss of his soul.