A woman will be tried in Dagestan for the death of a child in a cradle

A resident of the city of Khasavyurt will appear in court on charges of causing the death of a child through negligence. This is reported by the Prosecutor’s office of Dagestan.

According to investigators, in August 2026, in a house in Khasavyurt, a woman, taking on the responsibility of looking after the child, left him sleeping in a baby cradle equipped with fixing tissue tapes. Left unattended and trying to get out of the cradle on his own, the child died from squeezing the neck with a tape.

The criminal case will be considered by the Khasavyurtovsky City Court, under part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Causing death by negligence), a woman faces up to two years in prison.