Caught on Camera: Iranian Toddler in Coma After ‘Drug-Addled Monster’ Throws Him to Ground at Moscow Airport
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, JUN 24 – Vladimir Vitkov, 31, was arrested for attacking a toddler at Sheremetyevo Airport while reportedly under the influence of drugs, with authorities investigating possible racial motives.
- A 31-year-old Belarusian man, Vladimir Vitkov, violently threw an 18-month-old Iranian refugee toddler to the floor in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport arrivals hall.
- The attack occurred shortly after the boy and his mother arrived in Russia, fleeing conflict in Iran and traveling via Afghanistan, while Vitkov appeared intoxicated and under drug influence.
- CCTV footage showed Vitkov suddenly grabbing the toddler and hurling him headfirst onto the floor with considerable force near the boy's mother in the crowded arrivals area.
- Vitkov was arrested at the scene with traces of cannabis and other drugs found in his bloodstream and possession, and he confessed to attempting to murder the child while under the influence of drugs.
- The boy remains in a coma with serious skull and spinal injuries, prompting calls for justice and better protection for vulnerable refugees, while investigations continue into possible motives including racial factors.
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In a shocking and disturbing incident, a two-year-old Iranian child was violently slammed to the floor by a man while the toddler was waiting for his mother at Moscow airport. A video of the incident has gone viral, shocking the internet. The man, wearing a white T-shirt, walks to the child, who is standing next to a trolley. The adult makes sure no one is seeing them. He lifts the child aggressively and throws him to the ground. In a shocking …
Caught on camera: Iranian toddler in coma after ‘drug-addled monster’ throws him to ground at Moscow airport
Vladimir Vitkov, under drug influence, has been detained after violently attacking an 18-month-old Iranian refugee boy at Moscow's airport, leaving him in a coma.
Shuddering images recorded by security cameras captured the moment when a tourist brutally threw an 18-month-old baby into the ground at Moscow’s Sheremétievo airport. The little one, who had just arrived in Russia with his mother after fleeing the bombings in Iran, suffered severe skull fractures and injuries to the spine. He is currently in a coma, fighting for his life. The attacker was identified as Vladimir Vitkov, a 31-year-old citizen of …
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