A resident of one of the settlements in the Izmail district of the Odesa region shot her five-year-old granddaughter in the head with the child's father's air rifle. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Izmail District Police Department of the Odesa region.
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Doctors from the Odesa Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, where the injured girl was hospitalized with wounds to her lower jaw and neck, reported the case of the child's injury from a firearm the day before.
Law enforcement officers initially found out that the woman decided to hide her grandchildren's father's weapon at home from them. And accidentally fired a shot, hitting the granddaughter who was standing nearby.
Investigators have entered information about negligent grievous or moderate bodily harm regarding the child's injury into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. Criminal proceedings have been initiated. The maximum penalty for such an offense is up to two years of imprisonment.
Within the framework of the proceedings, a number of forensic examinations have been ordered, and the circumstances of the incident are being established.