A former prisoner who returned from the war in Ukraine attacked his wife and her mother with a knife. 

Former "member of the SVO" Nicholas Frozen stabbed his wife more than 15 times Daria and her mother when they returned home with their three children on Saturday, May 25.  

According to eyewitnesses, the man asked his wife to withdraw a previously filed domestic violence report from the police. While Merzly was kneeling before the woman, she snatched a bouquet of flowers and struck her husband in the face with it. Afterward, the accused began beating her, then pulled out a knife and began stabbing her: first his wife, then his mother-in-law. Both women are now in intensive care.

This isn't Merzly's first attack on his own relatives. In April, the 34-year-old former soldier beat up  He threatened his wife and daughter with a knife. In May, he attempted to strangle Daria. She filed a police report both times, but the police remained silent. 

According to Daria, Merzly had multiple previous convictions, including for murder. NeMoskva found a court transcript showing that in May 2022, the Pinezhsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk Region sentenced Merzly to 11 years in prison for the murder of his drinking buddy. 

Merzly is currently in custody; he offered no resistance. A criminal case has been opened against him for the attempted murder of two people. The court has remanded him in custody. 

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