A Russian woman will stand trial on suspicion of stabbing her husband to death in front of their children because he refused to switch to a different television channel, investigators said in an .
The incident took place on New Year's day in the city of Novocheboksarsk, about 670 kilometers east of Moscow, when the woman told her husband to turn off the stand-up comedy show he was watching because she thought it could damage their children's emotional health, the Chuvash republic's investigative department said Wednesday in its statement.
A squabble ensued and the woman, 35, stabbed him in the back while their children, aged 5 and 12, looked on, according to the statement.
The man died in a hospital later that day.
The woman faces a life sentence if convicted of aggravated murder.
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