In Yekaterinburg, a teacher was suspected of strangling children for money

In Yekaterinburg, Artyom V., a 33-year-old balalaika teacher, is suspected of organizing dangerous acts with minors. The teacher offered the children money for suffocation with a plastic bag. This was reported on November 19 by the local portal E1.Ru with reference to sources.

"He invited children from 10 to 15 years old under the pretext of checking the equipment for the school. And as a result, everything turned into a "check" of breathing, where he took a bag and strangled the child for up to 30 minutes, for which he paid them money," the source told the portal.

It is noted that the incident became known after the distribution of a video recording, which recorded the illegal actions of the teacher. The parents of the injured children contacted the police, after which the inspection materials were transferred to the regional directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

As he claims E1.Ru A criminal case has been opened against Artyom under Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Involving a minor in acts endangering life"), which provides for up to three years in prison and a ban on teaching. The UK did not comment on this information, but the Ministry of Education of the region confirmed to Izvestia that an investigation was underway into the actions of the teacher.

The portal also provides some facts about Artyom. It is reported that he worked in the department of additional education at school No. 17 and led the Overtone children's balalaika ensemble. According to information E1.Ru After the strangulation video appeared online, the teacher was fired from school.

Earlier that day, the Investigative Committee for the Chelyabinsk region opened a criminal case into the attack of a schoolgirl on a teacher with nail scissors because of remarks in a lesson in the city of Kartaly. According to the published information, the investigators opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Negligence"). Along with this, the Investigative Committee staff organized a pre-investigation check under Article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Intentional infliction of minor harm to health").

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