A man accused of murdering his daughter was detained in the Novosibirsk region.

A 30-year-old man was detained in the Kargatsky district of the Novosibirsk region, who is accused of murdering his daughter. This was reported on April 5 in the Investigative Department (SU) of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.

"According to investigators, on the afternoon of April 2, 2025, in one of the villages of the Kargatsky district, the accused, trying to calm his young daughter, hit her with his hand in the head area. The girl died from a traumatic brain injury at the scene," the department wrote on its Telegram channel.

According to the SU IC, the man was charged with committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder).

It is specified that currently the accused has been given a preventive measure in the form of detention.

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The suspect in the case is the babies' father.

Earlier that day, two suspects in the murder of a young girl were detained in the Ulyanovsk region. According to the investigation, the child's body was found a day earlier with signs of violent death.

On April 4, the girl's body was found in the basement of her own house with her throat slit. The schoolgirl was alone at the time of the incident. According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the victim was 14 years old.