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In Sverdlovsk Region criminal investigation launched in substandard services

In late November 2014 a number of mass media published information that an incident happened in one of entertainment facilities in Lenin Avenue in the city of Yekaterinburg during which a small girl suffered a stabbed wound to her face. The Sverdlovsk Region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have launched a criminal investigation in a crime under part 1 of article 238 of the RF Penal Code (provision of services that do not meet life or health safety standards).

At present a forensic medical inquiry is underway to determine the gravity of the girl’s wound. Girl’s relatives and facility’s staff are being questioned. Other operations are underway to find out all the circumstances of the crime. The investigation is ongoing.