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VORONEZH, February 2. A man who, while heavily intoxicated, hit a 4-year-old boy in Kurchatov, Kursk region, said that he mistook him for a mannequin, and allegedly did not notice the child’s movements, reported the Russian SUSK for the region.
“»The man was detained in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication. By the morning he gave evidence. According to him, he thought he was striking a mannequin. But he did not notice that the child was moving,» the department said .
According to the Investigative Committee, the child was examined by doctors and was not seriously injured. Now the boy is at home with his parents.
In the video of the incident, an adult man approaches a child and punches him in the face. The woman pushed him away and took the child in her arms, at that moment another man ran up and knocked the attacker to the floor with a blow. According to police, he turned out to be the father of the injured four-year-old child.
Law enforcement officers detained the man and found out that he was heavily intoxicated. A criminal case was opened against him under Part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, paragraphs “c”, “i” of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of a minor child). The prosecutor's office took control of the investigation of the case.