“According to him, he examined the spray can in the school premises, in the absence of other students nearby.
Accidentally pressed the cover and released the gas.
Frightened, he quickly left, asked his classmate to hide the balloon - he went to the toilet area and also accidentally pressed it, ”said the acting minister.
He added that when the bell rang, the children left the classrooms and inhaled the gas that had not had time to disappear.
“The guys were identified by the video surveillance cameras installed at the school.
Now inspectors for minors are working with them, ”Buchaev added.
Earlier it became known that the number of hospitalized with poisoning with an unknown substance from a school in Makhachkala increased to 19, in total 24 people were injured.
Three schoolchildren are in intensive care due to the need to provide oxygen.