Plane passenger allegedly strangled people, called baby a 'slut' in mid-flight rampage

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A passenger on a Siberian Airlines flight from St. Petersburg to Novosibirsk, Russia was arrested after allegedly attacking his fellow passengers in the middle of a flight.

According to passengers who spoke to The Sun, the man punched and strangled men, women and children alike, and even tried to attack an infant.

The man reportedly walked up and down the aisle shouting various obscenities at passengers before being confronted by a flight attendant.

"A steward offered him a seat at the back but he kept walking up and down, and started attacking passengers randomly and beating them," passenger Stanislav Semenov told The Sun.

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The rowdy passenger then started physically assaulting people.

"He took a seat next to a young woman and began to sexually harass her," Semenov said. "He grabbed and pulled her hair, then he switched to a young man, saying something to him then punching and striking him with his elbow."

As if the scene wasn't horrific enough, the man started targeting children.

"Then he went and took a seat next to another young man, and a little girl was sitting in the front, so he moved forwards and grabbed her neck," Semenov said. ""Next he went to the man who was sitting in front of me with a baby in his arms. He said to the baby 'Hi, little slut,' then tried to reach the child with his arms."

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Semenov said that after trying to attack the baby, the man turned his attention to Semenov himself.

"He switched to me and said he would break my face, so I stood up, took off my glasses, and he attacked and hit me," Semenov said. "I hit him in return, at this moment other men rushed to us and blocked him, pushing him down on a vacant seat."

The passengers and flight attendants successfully used belts to tie the man up. Once the plane landed in Novosibirsk, authorities boarded the plane and arrested the man.

The man reportedly continued the outburst after his arrest, as he was videotaped banging on walls and removing his clothing inside of his holding cell. He was then transported to a nearby hospital to receive a medical evaluation.