The Supreme Court allowed Russians to defend themselves with a knife under certain conditions

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has allowed citizens of the country to use knives for self-defense in the event that there are many attackers and children are in danger.

As RIA Novosti reported on Saturday, April 26, the case of a Tver resident who came into conflict with a neighbor during a family holiday became a legal precedent.

The woman called her son, and he came with two friends to deal with the alleged offender. Being drunk, the men armed themselves with sticks and broke into the yard. They began to beat the owner of the house, who was holding his little daughter in his arms.

In the process of this conflict, he grabbed a knife from the table and began to strike at his opponents. As a result, all three attackers died.

The defender of the daughter who survived the fight was detained, the investigation imputed to him Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the maximum punishment for which is provided up to life imprisonment.

However, the court acquitted the man, qualifying his actions as self-defense. The injured party did not agree with the verdict and tried to challenge it, in the end it came to The Supreme Court.

The highest court found the qualification correct. The explanation states that the number of attackers, their aggressive behavior, the presence of young children gave the owner of the house the right to take measures to protect himself and his family members.

Earlier, EADaily reported that in Moscow, a schoolgirl killed her own father while protecting her sister. That drunk tried to stab his eldest daughter because she didn't want to take out a loan.