Man Kills Self After Stabbing Teens Over Fake Rape Claim

Story By:  Gheorghi CaraseniSub Editor:  Joseph GolderAgency: Central European News

A young Russian man has reportedly killed himself after stabbing two young men he thought raped his girlfriend who later confessed she had made the whole story up.

The attack took place on 21st June in the small town of Tara in the south-central Russian region of Omsk Oblast when Ruslan Lebedev, 26, reportedly stabbed 17-year-old Maxim Khabibullin and Alexander Rain, 16.

Khabibullin died in the attack while Rain is fighting for his life in intensive care, according to reports.

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Local media said the knife attack followed claims by Lebedev’s girlfriend, identified as Anna, that both teenagers forced her to have sex with them.

Only after Lebedev told his girlfriend that he had avenged her rape ordeal, she admitted that they had never actually harmed her, according to reports.

On 24th June, Lebedev’s dead body was reportedly found in a nearby forest with a gun beside him. It is suspected that he shot himself.

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According to local media, Anna admitted to friends that she feels sorry about what has happened, saying that she never thought her boyfriend could do something like that and that the two had teens never harmed her.

Anna was called into the police station for questioning as the authorities investigate the deaths of the two men and the injuries of the third in intensive care, according to reports.

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