In Buryatia, a local resident chopped off the fingers of a five-year-old niece for breaking his tablet. This was reported by the Russian agency Regnum with reference to the press service of the Department of the Investigative Committee for the region..

According to the investigation, on August 31, a girl with her father and his brother went to mow near the village of Pokrovka, Pribaikalsky District. By evening, the Russians began to drink alcohol, then the father went home and left the child with a 47-year-old relative..

The uncle gave the girl his tablet, she started playing, but accidentally dropped and broke the device.

The man got angry, put the child's hand on the log and hit her with an ax, injuring two fingers.

Then he brought the girl home and left in the yard. Parents, seeing a tear-stained child with a bloody hand, called an ambulance. Doctors were able to sew on a phalanx of one of the fingers.

A criminal case was opened against the man under clauses " Threats with murder or grievous bodily harm " Investigation completed, criminal case with approved indictment sent to court.