“A criminal case has been instituted on the grounds of a crime under paragraph“ a ”of Part 2 of Art.

112 of the Criminal Code of Russia (intentional infliction of medium-gravity harm to health in relation to two or more persons), ”the department said.

According to the investigation, two students of a school in the city of Makhachkala sprayed tear gas in the school corridor, after which 20 students with signs of poisoning were taken to a medical facility.

In the course of the investigation, they will give a legal assessment to the actions of the person who sold the canister with a gaseous substance to a minor.

The incident happened in Makhachkala at school # 36.

19 people were hospitalized, in total 24 people were injured.

Three schoolchildren are in intensive care due to the need to provide oxygen.

As the Acting Minister of Science and Education of Dagestan Yakhya Buchaev said, a high school student who sprayed a can of gas bought it to protect him from adolescents with whom he was in conflict at the place of residence.