Law enforcement officers detained two girls who beat an elderly woman. The pensioner was severely beaten for making a remark, the Primorye Police Telegram channel reported.
Video footage of the fight spread across social networks and the media.
The beaten woman contacted the Ussuriysk police. Criminal investigation officers identified the two girls. They turned out to be local residents, 25 and 26 years old.
The girls explained that they celebrated their wedding in one of the city’s restaurants. On the street they quarreled with an unknown woman because of her comments. A verbal altercation escalated into a fight. The pensioner was physically injured, she turned to doctors for help.
A criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Hooliganism.”
The detainees apologized to the victim at the police department.