A mother strangled an eight-year-old child and fell out of a window in St. Petersburg, Russia

In St. Petersburg, a woman strangled her child and fell out of the window. This was reported by a source of Izvestiya on January 2.

According to him, the incident occurred while the child's father was at work.

"At night, the woman strangled her eight-year-old child, after which she fell out of the window of the house on the 10th Soviet Street," the source specified.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated. A criminal case has been initiated.

Terrible discovery: what is known about the murder of children in the Tver region

The suspect in the case is the babies' father.

Earlier, on December 28, the bodies of four children were found in a private house in the Tver region. A criminal case was initiated over the incident. The father of the children is suspected of murder, reported in the Investigative Committee of the RF in the region. They specified that the court elected a measure of restraint in the form of remand in custody against the man.