“The investigating authorities of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime, as provided for by paragraph 2 of the“ b ”part 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia (provision of a service that does not meet the requirement of safety of life and health of consumers, intended for children under six years old), ”the agency said.

According to preliminary data from the UK, in the village of Ouspensky during the performance, which was conducted by a traveling circus, the lioness attacked the child sitting in the front row through the fence.

As a result of the incident, the child was taken to the intensive care unit of the hospital with ragged facial wounds and other injuries.

Earlier it was reported that in the Kuban lioness attacked a girl in a circus.