A 37-year-old woman fatally stabbed her roommate in the chest

in the village of Lazyrky, Lubensky district,

Poltava region .

She was detained, the woman faces up to 15 years in prison.

The police of the Poltava region informs about this.

Medics informed the police about the crime on December 1, around 5 p.m.

They told about the murder in the apartment building on Poleva Street.

Investigators established that the victim is a man born in 1994.

He was stabbed by his roommate, 9 years older than him, who had previously been convicted of a similar crime.

 She stabbed him in the chest area.

The victim died from his injuries. 

Police investigators detained a 37-year-old resident of the Lubensky District on suspicion of the intentional murder of her roommate.

Currently, the suspect has been informed of the suspicion and a preventive measure has been chosen - detention. 

A pre-trial investigation is ongoing on the qualifying grounds of Part 1 of Article 115 (Intentional murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

If the court proves her guilt, the woman faces from 7 to 15 years of imprisonment.

We will remind you that on New Year's Eve in the Kremenchutsk district of the Poltava region, 

a roommate poured kerosene on a woman and set her on fire.

The victim was admitted to a medical institution in a moderate condition.

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