“Due to the presence of a threat to the life and health of children ... a criminal case has been opened on this fact on the grounds of a crime stipulated by ... Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Murder of minors”), ”the press service of the regional investigation department of the IC of Russia said.

According to the investigation, the girls left home on May 13 during the daytime.

Later, the parents of the schoolgirls reported to the police about the disappearance of the children.

As part of the investigation, an operational headquarters was created, the search is conducted on the territory of the settlement, as well as near water bodies and the forest.

It is noted that employees of regional departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosgvardiya, specialists of the regional search and rescue service, employees of Krasnoarmeysky forestry and volunteers are involved in the search operation.

Earlier in the Kostroma region found the body of the missing seven-year-old boy.