A man from Kirov stabbed his wife.

      On the night of February 12–13, a 45-year-old man from Kirov and his 56-year-old wife were in a house on Bauman Street in the city of Kirov. They were drinking alcohol. During the gathering a verbal argument broke out between them, during which the man stabbed the woman in the chest with a knife, inflicting bodily injuries that resulted in serious harm to her health. A criminal case was opened against the resident of Kirov; he is accused of committing the crime provided for in subparagraph “z” of part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of serious harm to health with the use of an object used as a weapon). At the request of the investigation, the court remanded the defendant in custody. The investigator collected exhaustive evidence incriminating the accused in the commission of the act imputed to him. Accordingly, the criminal case has been sent to court for trial on the merits.