A father who killed his pedophile friend that “raped” his daughter when she was just 8 is getting a tremendous amount of support from his fellow citizens, who are saying that he should not face a murder charge.

32-year-old sex attacker Oleg Sviridov reportedly kept mobile phone videos of his abuse.

Most of the incidents happened in the Vintai Village in Russia’s Samara region, said a report by the Russian Law Enforcement Officials.

According to official reports, Vyacheslav M, 34, the father of the girl, was drinking with the attacker when he saw a footage on the man’s phone.

In the video, he saw that Sviridov was raping his daughter, who is now 9 years old.

The father confronted the attacker right away, who ran away.

The pedophile had reportedly baby sat his daughter on multiple occasions.

Vyacheslav reported the multiple rapes to local police who launched a manhunt for him, however, things took a wild turn when the father managed to track down the pedophile before the police could.

As a result, the father stabbed the pedophile to death.

The father later told the police that the pedophile stumbled on the knife during their confrontation in a forest near the village.

He also told them that he had not intentionally murdered him with the table.

The body of the pedophile was found near the village, more than a week after the father saw the video.

The father was detained after the body of Sviridov was found.

Upon investigating, the police found that the phone of the deceased man contained other sickening videos, which showed violent rapes of other girls in the village.

The other victims are 6 and 11 years old.

The videos that were found on his phone showed that he had been abusing children for 5 years.

Villagers and online people are now asking the police to not press charges on the father because he just protected his own daughter and other children in the village Vantai.

A local said:

He is not a murderer – he protected his daughter and our children too. Everyone is on his side.

The thing is, not only local people, but famous people in Russia are supporting the acts of the father.

Former Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak told her followers:

All parents are standing up for the paedophile’s killer.

Anna Plekhanova, a commentor, said:

If the crime is proven by video facts, then is the girl’s father wrong? Any normal parent, mother or father, would have torn apart such a paedophile right on the spot. Protecting children is the direct responsibility of parents.

Yulia Salinder, another prominent person in Russia, said:

It’s good that he killed the bastard because our law would have put him in jail for only eight years – or even less – and he would be out again.

Vladimir Novikov said:

It is necessary to introduce the death penalty for paedophiles or we will see the lynching of non-humans.

Svetlana Katargina commented on the incident saying:

The father can be understood. Such wild creatures have no place in this world and paedophilia cannot be cured. Perpetrators get out of jail and start to rape children again.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the little girl, may she recover from the things she had to go through at such a young age.