He discovered a video of his friend abusing his daughter and killed him

A father in Russia has been hailed as a “hero” for killing his friend, after allegedly seeing video of the rape of his 8-year-old daughter.

Vyacheslav M, a 34-year-old factory worker, was drinking with his old friend Oleg Sviridov, 32, when he saw the horrific images on Sviridov’s phone.

He immediately confronted him, but escaped before he could reach him.

Sviridov had taken care of the girl on several occasions and allegedly sexually assaulted her on several occasions. Following the complaint, the police launched a manhunt against Sviridov, but the angry father found him first and allegedly stabbed him to death.

Vyacheslav later told police that Sviridov “tripped over the knife during a fight” in a forest near the village, claiming that he had not intentionally murdered him.

The body of the alleged pedophile was found on Thursday near the village of Vintai in the Samara region of Russia. more than a week after Vyacheslav saw the video of the abuse.

Vyacheslav was arrested after the body was found and the case is under investigation.

Criminal proceedings have also been opened for the sexual abuse of three children filmed on Sviridov’s cell phone. Police sources said the deceased’s phone contained other videos showing the rape of other girls in the town, aged six and 11.

Videos indicate deceased suspect had been abusing children for five years before Vyacheslav discovered the images on his phone.

The residents of Vintai demanded that Vyacheslav not be charged with murder. “He is not a murderer; he protected his daughter and also our children,” said one resident. “Everyone is on their side.

Prominent television journalist and former Russian presidential candidate Ksenia sobchak He replied to his supporters: “All parents defend the killer of the pedophile.”

Another commentator, Anna Plekhanova, explained that “if the crime is proven by video events, then is the girl’s father wrong? Any normal father, mother or father, would have ransacked a pedophile on the spot. The protection of children is the direct responsibility of parents ”.

Sviridov’s mother said that her son had often looked after Vyacheslav’s children and the two had been friends for a long time: “I don’t know how it happened. He must have been drunk. He was most likely drunk. They left their children with him all the time. When I took care of these girls he returned home normally, in a good mood ”.