31 October 2001
Father admits to murdering his 5-month baby

 Police have arrested a 26-year-old resident of the village of Dyagilets in the Beryoza district, Brest region, on suspicion that he killed his
5-month baby boy.
The father reported to the police on October 29, saying that the baby had fallen from a sofa, hit his head against the floor and died, according to the Brest regional police department.
An autopsy showed that someone had fetched the boy a heavy blow on his head. Then the father admitted that he had hit his son as he wanted to get rid of him. This has been the second instance in the region this month that a parent kills his or her child.
Earlier, an under-18 student of a vocational school was arrested in Baranovichi on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter.