An incident involving minors occurred in Samara.
Teenagers armed with pepper spray sprayed a seventh-grade student in the face.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region wrote about the incident on its Telegram channel.
The identities of those involved in the incident have been established, and a criminal case has been opened against them under the article on hooliganism.
Circumstances of the incident
It is noted that law enforcement officers learned about the incident from social networks.
Footage has gone viral on the internet showing several teenagers spraying pepper spray into a seventh-grader's face. The boy, who was injured in the incident, had to seek medical attention.
The regional governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, visited the boy in the hospital and noted that the victim did not let his family be harmed.
According to social media users, the seventh-grader may have suffered at the hands of gypsy children because of some online game. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
Author: Irina Tint
