The attacker did not say anything before the blow, he attacked in silence, the interlocutor clarified.
RT's source in law enforcement agencies added that the man had previously been brought to justice: two years ago he was arrested for swearing on a train and pestering passengers.
The detainee has already told the police that he allegedly confused the child with a mannequin. The version is considered “strange and dubious.” The suspect is being taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee.
Earlier, a drunk man attacked a child in one of the Kurchatov stores in the Kursk region: he approached the boy and hit him with his fist.
As a law enforcement source told RT, the four-year-old boy escaped with abrasions on his shoulder.