In Rakhiv district, a 37-year-old man broke his brother’s head with an ax

Open chopped fracture of the scull, alcohol intoxication – with this diagnosis, an ambulance delivered a 24-year-old man to Rakhiv hospital.

A worried woman reported to local policeman that her brothers had had a fight, and one of them was badly injured.

At the scene, the police officers found out that the man had been injured by his brother. During an argument, he ran for an ax, and upon getting back inside struck the victim on the head with it. The policemen found the ax with traces of blood in the back room of the house and seized it.

An ambulance took the injured man to Rakhiv hospital. Doctors diagnosed the victim with open chopped fracture of the scull and severe alcohol intoxication.

– The criminal proceedings over this fact was initiated on the grounds of Part 1 of Art.122 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional bodily harm of moderate severity). According to this article, the rowdy faces correctional labor for up to two years, or restriction or deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years – the head of Rakhiv district police department Vitaliy Shymonyak reported.