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Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has ordered that most experienced investigators of the Southern and North Caucasus Federal Districts Offices of the Investigative Committee should join to look into the kidnapping of a 3-year-old boy in Rostov Region.

According to investigators, some unidentified people kidnapped a 3-year-old boy at about 12:30 PM on 7 May 2017 in Lenin Street in the town of Morozovsk. The perpetrators put the boy in their car and took off.

The Rostov Region Office of the Investigative Committee opened an investigation in kidnapping of a child by a group of people under Part 2, items “a” and “e” of Article 126 of the RF Penal Code.

The investigative and search operations have revealed that the kidnappers’ car moved along A260 motorway between Morozovsk and Volgograd. The investigators are taking steps to get footage from dashboard cameras of cars that travelled on the said motorway between 12:30 and 4 PM on 7 May 2017.

The investigators are also working to locate the kidnapped boy and the kidnappers.

Volunteers are also looking for the boy in close cooperation with the investigators.

The investigators are warning that in accordance with the Russian laws those who have voluntarily released the kidnapped are exempt from criminal liability for kidnapping, this is why the investigators urge the kidnappers to recant the crime and avoid the punishment.

Official spokesperson for the Investigative Committee                                                                             S.L. Petrenko