In Sergiev Posad, an unknown person stabbed a 9-year-old child in the neck with a knife

Shocking attack in Sergiev Posad: unknown assailant stabbed a 9-year-old child

As reported by TUT.AZ with reference to TASS, the press service of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region reported a flagrant case of an attack on a child.

"On July 4, law enforcement agencies received information that in the courtyard of an apartment building in Sergiev Posad, a man stabbed a 9-year-old boy in the neck. The child was hospitalized," the statement said.

As clarified by the press service of the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office, the dramatic incident occurred in the courtyard of a house on Novouglichskoye Highway. At the time of the attack, the unsuspecting boy was sitting on a swing when the perpetrator suddenly approached him from behind.

In turn, the Moscow Region Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs added that law enforcement officers are actively conducting measures to identify and detain the man who fled the scene of the crime, as well as thoroughly investigating all the circumstances of the incident.