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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Isabel Keane

95-year-old woman with dementia is arrested and accused of beating Holocaust survivor to death

An elderly dementia patient is facing murder charges after allegedly beating a fellow nursing home resident to death at a New York City facility Sunday, authorities said - (Google)

An elderly woman with dementia is facing murder charges after allegedly using part of a wheelchair to beat a fellow New York City nursing home resident to death.

Galina Smirnova, 95, was arrested Tuesday after repeatedly hitting 89-year-old Nina Kravtsov, a Holocaust survivor, over the head during an argument at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Coney Island, the New York Post reported.

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