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In Nizhny Novgorod Region, charges pressed against CEO of firm that organized fireworks in Dzerzhinsk killing woman

The Nizhny Novgorod Region Office of the Investigative Committee has charged CEO of OOO Master grupp with a crime under Part 2 of Article 238 of the RF Penal Code (providing services that do not meet safety standards and entailed by negligence death of a person).

According to investigators, the accused concluded a service contract for organizing a fireworks with musical accompaniment at the Khimik stadium in the town of Dzerzhinsk. At 11 PM, 28 May 2016, during the fireworks metallic constructions that held mortars in place were destroyed and deformed making the mortars shift from the vertical position and the 4th-class danger projectile to change its trajectory into the direction of the crowd of onlookers. The projectile killed a 65-year-old woman and injured 10 more spectators who suffered burns.

The accused has been detained and is expecting restraint. In addition, a court has granted the request filed by the investigators to arrest the car of the accused which is worth more than 1,650,000 rubles.