MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - A four-year old girl died after the 12-year-old boy, who was babysitting, killed her for crying too loud in Russia's Volga republic of Chuvashia, the IA Regnum news agency said on Tuesday.
The agency said the tragic incident took place on May 19, but the teenager was only detained on Tuesday.
Oleg Dmitriyev, a spokesman for the regional prosecutor's office, said that a woman and her three children - aged three, four and five - moved in with a female friend, who had a 12-year-old nephew, in April.
On the day of the killing both women went to work, leaving the 12-year-old boy to look after the three children. The four-year-old started crying after her mother left for work.
"The boy became angry and punched her in the head several times, then threw her on the floor and jumped up and down on her a couple of times," Dmitriyev said.
He added that when the boy realized that the girl was not breathing he called for help, but although the four-year-old was rushed to hospital, she was pronounced dead eight hours later.
A criminal investigation has been launched into the killing.
