Man beats pregnant wife to death in Baikonur
BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM - According to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, a man has been arrested in the city of Baikonur for alleged murder of his pregnant wife.
Doctors of the city hospital informed the police of an unconscious woman, 30, who was delivered to the facility with preliminary diagnoses of "severe concomitant injury, closed head injury, brain injury, severe traumatic shock of 3 degree, 39 weeks of pregnancy". The young woman, who was soon to give birth, died in the hospital from sustained injuries without regaining consciousness. Police officers immediately detained a 38-year-old husband of the deceased. A criminal case has been opened under Part 4, Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Russia- deliberate causing of grievous bodily harm which caused the victim's death. The man faces up to 15 years in jail.