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The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia gives a number of instructions on incidents involving juveniles

The investigating authorities of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Moscow oblast are investigating a criminal case into the death of a 14-year-old girl during swimming class in one of the sports and recreation centres in the Podolsk city (paragraph "c" Part 2, Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, which inflicted death of a person through negligience). Currently, a 32-year-old coach has been detained, all necessary files have been seized, interrogations of witnesses and eyewitnesses have been carried out, and a forensic medical examination has been scheduled. The Chairman of the IC of Russia instructed Mr.Chvanov V.V., acting Head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Moscow oblast to report on the progress of the investigation.

In addition, the acting head of the regional investigative directorate was instructed to investigate the dog attack on a 13-year-old schoolgirl in the Drozhzhino settlement, Moscow oblast; the dog was walked by a man, who afterwards left the scene without providing assistance to the girl.

In addition, Mr. Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin instructed Mr. D.S. Vastyanov, acting Head of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Krasnoyarsk krai and the Republic of Khakassia, to submit a report on the criminal investigation progress of a teenager's death as a result of a gunshot wound. On September 18, 2022, a 12-year-old teenager, while visiting relatives in the Rudyanoye settlement, Kansky raion, without any permission took the keys to the safe-box, where his grandfather’s gun with cartridges was stored. Together with his friend, the teenager came to the forest, where, he shot the boy in the face as a result of careless handling of a gun. The teen died at the scene from his injuries.

In addition, the Head of the Department instructed Mr. Belyaev D.V., acting. Head of the Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan, to investigate the use of physical violence by a teacher in a privately-owned kindergarten in Makhachkala.

The investigation of criminal cases and the instructions are the subject to control in the Main Investigative Directorate of the Department.