This was reported to TASS by the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“A minor resident of the city of Novosibirsk has been identified as having spread false information through instant messengers and social networks,” the statement says.

It is clarified that the teenager sent messages of this kind for entertainment.

Earlier, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nizhny Novgorod reported that law enforcement agencies brought to administrative responsibility the parents of a schoolgirl who spoke in an offensive manner about the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall building.