At the airport, CCTV footage captured a man approaching a small boy, picking him up and throwing him to the floor. The child was unable to resist the attack and fell into a coma after falling to the ground.
A man attacked a child at a Moscow airport. According to eyewitnesses, he grabbed the boy standing next to a suitcase and threw him to the ground with force.
The Sun reports this.
A mother and her son, who was also in the final stages of pregnancy, arrived in Russia to escape the war in Iran. She was distracted by a baby carriage upon arrival and left the boy unattended for a minute. The boy's family arrived in Russia after a difficult journey through Afghanistan.
CCTV footage captured the man approaching the little boy, picking him up and throwing him to the floor. The child fell to the ground and ended up in a coma.
Russian sources identified the attacker as Vladimir Vitkov, 31, from Belarus, who also recently arrived in the country. Police are investigating possible motives for the crime, including racism.
Earlier it was reported that singer Elena Topolya made a new statement after her apartment was destroyed by a ballistic missile during a massive attack on Kyiv on June 23.
