"BROOKLYN, NY - A 95-year-old woman is facing murder charges after allegedly bludgeoning a fellow Brooklyn nursing home resident to death with a metal piece from a wheelchair. Galina Smirnova was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly striking 89-year-old Nina Kravtsov in the head multiple times during a dispute Sunday night at the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Coney Island, police said."
"Kravtsov, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, according to the New York Post, was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where she was later pronounced dead, police said. Smirnova, believed to be a fellow resident of the nursing home, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, officials said. Officials have not yet disclosed what led to the fatal altercation or the nature of the relationship between the two women."
A 95-year-old resident allegedly bludgeoned a fellow resident to death with a metal piece from a wheelchair inside a Coney Island nursing facility. Police arrested Galina Smirnova after authorities say she struck 89-year-old Nina Kravtsov in the head multiple times during a Sunday-night dispute at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Kravtsov, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and later pronounced dead. Smirnova faces murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges. Officials have not disclosed what prompted the fatal altercation or the nature of the relationship, and the cause of death remains under investigation.
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