This was reported by the press service of the GSU SK in the region. 

According to the Investigative Committee, on June 16, in a apartment in the Dmitrov city district, a 39-year-old man who was intoxicated began to beat and strangle his 37-year-old wife.

“Their seven-year-old son ran to the woman’s screams for help, who, in order to protect his mother, inflicted a piercing knife wound to his father’s back,” the department said.

The man was hospitalized. As his wife said, in their family for ten years there have been conflicts due to the fact that the man abuses alcohol.

The investigation checks the fact of what happened. Including SK will assess the performance of their duties by officials of the bodies implementing preventive measures. 

Earlier, the IC opened a case on the death of a three-month-old child in the Vladimir region.