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Protect children from 'adult madness', says politician after brutal family murder

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07 March 2017

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Family killed by father's lover. Picture: Ak-Dovurak administration

The woman - identified as Ruzanna Shvarts - has been detained and confessed to the killing of Vladislav Saaya, his wife Lilia, both 35 and their two daughters - Darimaa, 6, and Aisel, 4. 

The children were downed in a bath tub, and the adults died from knife wounds. Police say the flat was then set ablaze in an attempt to hide the crime.

The dead couple's eldest child, daughter Aiza, 12, was with her grandmother at the time and has been orphaned by the tragedy.

Ruzanna and her sister Melina, 19, had been to visit Vladislav at home, and his wife and younger children then returned, according to police.

Vladislav


Lilia


Children

Vladislav, Saaya, 35. Lilia Saaya, 35. Children (from top to bottom): Aiza, 12, Aisel, 4, Darimaa, 6. Pictures: The Siberian Times

A police source said: 'Ruzanna was Vladislav's lover, and she came to visit him with her sister. They drank alcohol. Suddenly Vladislav's wife Lilia came back home with the children. She started to argue with Ruzanna and this turned into the fight.

'Melina insists that at this moment she left the flat. And when she came back, it turned that her sister had stabbed Vladislav and Lilia and killed their kids.' Ruzanna's statement also implicates her sister, who denies doing more than hiding the crime.

A family friend expressed deep shock. 'I had been working with Vladislav for about five years at a local hospital and had very warm relations with his family,' she said. They were classmates, got married, when they were 20.

Apartment block


Inside the flat


Inside the flat

Police say the flat was then set ablaze in an attempt to hide the crime. Pictures: Vesti.Tyva

'He graduated from university and worked as an economist. His wife was an accountant, and worked as the head of storehouse. I still cannot understand how this could happen. Our town is very small, everyone is talking about this tragedy, this horror.'He was an exemplary family man, not one of those who would have the affairs on the side. He hardly drank.'

A local woman told KP anonymously that the women are from a 'good' family.

'The eldest one [Ruzanna] is a beautiful girl, very bright, always in sight. She has a son, he is 3 years old. But she is not married, and lives with her parents. The younger one is married and has two kids already.

'I am shocked that they are capable of this. They are mothers themselves, how could they kill children?'

Ruzanna

The woman - identified as Ruzanna Shvarts - has been detained and confessed to the killing. Picture: The Siberian Times

The head of Tuva republic, Sholban Kara-ool, wrote in his Facebook: 'I have a lump in my throat. I'm so sorry for the children, brutally murdered in their own home. I'm so sorry for the young mother, who was guarding the family well-being. 

'What a pity that the head of the family failed to save himself and his loved ones. All Tuva mourns these innocent children.'

He called a day of mourning for the family, who died in their home in Ak-Dovurak. 

'It is necessary to think more deeply about what caused such a bloody accident,' he said. 'And how we can protect children from adult madness. Condolences to the relatives. I thank the investigators and the police for the prompt arrest of the suspects in the crime.'

A multiple murder investigation has been opened. If convicted the women face up to 30 years in jail.

The head of Tuva republic Sholban Kara-ool: I'm so sorry for the children, brutally murdered in their own home.' Picture: Sholban Kara-ool

Sholban Kara-ool

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