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On 31 May 2014, 15 children 11 years of age came at the Children’s Infectious Diseases Hospital in the city of Makhachkala with the symptoms of a food poisoning. Sometime later one of the girls died. The investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for the Republic of Dagestan have launched a criminal investigation against the administration of a children’s club over a crime under paragraph “c” of part 2 of article 238 of the RF Penal Code (rendering services not meeting safety standards and entailing death of a person by negligence).

According to investigators, on 30 May 2014, the victim together with her classmates and parents celebrated the end of 4^th grade in the children’s club. After the meal the children displayed symptoms of a food poisoning. At the moment the work of the said facility is suspended due to the investigation.

At present investigating operations are underway to find out all the circumstances of the incident. The investigation is ongoing.