Karate master slays neighbors for spreading lice

A karate master from Tatarstan, Central Russia, has killed his neighbors, who had given him and his wife lice, Russian web-site Newsru.com reports.

“The drunken karate master came to the apartment of his neighbors at about 20.30 Moscow time on April 7 and started to attack the 61-year old woman, her 58-year old husband and their son using lethal karate moves. The man, who has not been named, said that his neighbors had given him and his wife lice,” A spokesman from Tatarstan’s Prosecutor’s Office Eduard Abdullin said.

The woman and her son died at the scene as a result of injuries inflicted during the attack. The father is currently in hospital where doctors say his condition is serious but stable.    

According to the investigators' information, a victim family was disadvantaged.

“Nobody in the apartment building liked them. They were always drunk. Also they actually were carriers of lice and tuberculosis. According to medical experts the family had infected all the occupants of the building with lice.” Abdullin said. 

A Russian court has opened a criminal case against the karate master for more than one killing.