The key facts

  • On November 1 in St. Petersburg, a drunk ex-partner beat a woman and took her 15-year-old son away at knifepoint
  • The teenager and the kidnapper were found in a car on Prosveshcheniya Avenue; the schoolboy was unharmed
  • The man turned out to be on a federal wanted list; the car did not belong to him and was returned to its owner

What happened

In St. Petersburg on November 1, a drunk ex-partner showed up at an apartment on Zarechnaya Street where a woman and her 15-year-old son lived, beat the woman, and then, threatening the teenager with a knife, forcibly took him outside and put him in a JAECOO car, after which he drove the schoolboy in an unknown direction. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg, as cited by Gazeta.Ru..

Detention and consequences

The woman contacted the police, after which police officers and Rosgvardia troops searched for the kidnapper's car and found it on Prosveshcheniya Avenue — both the man and the teenager were inside. The schoolboy was unharmed. The detainee was taken to a police station, where it turned out that he was on a federal wanted list — under what charge is not specified. The car in which he took the teenager did not belong to him; the vehicle was returned to its owner. The official police report on which the publication is based does not mention the opening of a criminal case or any measures taken against the detainee — this part remains unknown.