Husband ‘stabs to death man who rescued wife from drowning’

A husband has been detained by police for fatally stabbing a man who had just rescued his wife from drowning.

The Russian man, 51, and his wife had been drinking on the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, over the weekend

The woman got into difficulty in the lake, which is 2,730 miles east of Moscow, during a swim.

A group of young men heard her shouts for help and pulled her from the water but when they emerged, her husband is said to have grown angry and started shouting and pushing them.

While the men revived his wife at a nearby campsite the husband, who is said to have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol, ran off and grabbed a knife before returning and stabbing two of her rescuers, police said.

A 27-year-old who was knifed in the hip died from blood lost in hospital, while the other, who was wounded in the neck survived.
Police said the man’s actions were not only criminal but immoral and that he had been drinking and taking drugs.

The man claims he acted in self-defence. He faces up to 15 years in jail.