{"id":7077,"date":"2026-11-05T20:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/05\/a-bloody-family-gathering-in-svalyava-a-transcarpathian-man-stabbed-a-relative-from-the-czech-republic-twice-in-the-chest\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T20:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:24:04","slug":"a-bloody-family-gathering-in-svalyava-a-transcarpathian-man-stabbed-a-relative-from-the-czech-republic-twice-in-the-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/a-bloody-family-gathering-in-svalyava-a-transcarpathian-man-stabbed-a-relative-from-the-czech-republic-twice-in-the-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bloody Family Gathering: In Svalyava, a Transcarpathian Man Stabbed a Relative from the Czech Republic Twice in the Chest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A family gathering turned into a bloody massacre. The 54-year-old host attacked a 67-year-old foreigner with a knife\u2014the attacker\u2019s sister managed to stop the murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Svalyava, Mukachevo District, <\/a>a family visit nearly ended in the death of a foreign guest. On November 2, a 67-year-old citizen of the Czech Republic was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition with life-threatening penetrating stab wounds to the chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Transcarpathian Regional Police, the victim sustained the injuries at a relative\u2019s private home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quarrel over a drink and a stab with a kitchen knife<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An investigative team from the Mukachevo District Police Department established the full circumstances of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foreign national and his wife had traveled to Transcarpathia to visit her 54-year-old brother. While drinking alcohol together, a sudden conflict arose between the men, which quickly escalated into a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the heat of the argument, the intoxicated host grabbed a kitchen knife and deliberately stabbed his relative twice directly in the chest. A fatal outcome was prevented only by the determination of the victim\u2019s wife: the woman rushed between the men just in time, knocked the knife out of his hand, and stopped her enraged brother from killing her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temporary Detention Center and the Threat of Imprisonment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Law enforcement officers detained the 54-year-old assailant at the scene of the crime in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine<\/strong>. The suspect was placed in a temporary detention facility (TTF). The weapon used in the crime\u2014a bloodstained kitchen knife\u2014was seized by forensic experts and added to the case file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police investigators have opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> (completed attempted murder).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the procedural guidance of the Mukachevo District Prosecutor\u2019s Office, a notice of suspicion is being prepared for the detainee, along with a motion to the court to impose pretrial detention as a preventive measure. The penalty under this article provides for imprisonment for a term of 7 to 15 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:<\/strong> Main Directorate of the National Police in Zakarpattia Oblast \/ Mukachevo District Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A family gathering turned into a bloody massacre. The 54-year-old host attacked a 67-year-old foreigner with a knife\u2014the attacker\u2019s sister managed to stop the murder. In Svalyava, Mukachevo District, a family visit nearly ended in the death of a foreign guest. On November 2, a 67-year-old citizen of the Czech Republic was rushed to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389,1391,1511],"tags":[1941,1942,1939,1940],"class_list":["post-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zakarpattia-news","category-mukachevo-district","category-svalyava","tag-a-quarrel-over-a-drink","tag-a-stab-with-a-kitchen-knife","tag-mukachevo-region","tag-svalyava-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}