The head of the Yakut village, where the dogs were biting the child, taken under house arrest

A criminal case was opened against the head of the Yakut village of Tiksi Sergey Ligiev on charges of negligence, due to which a nine-year-old girl died as a result of an attack by stray dogs, he was detained, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Yakutia reports. "At the request of the investigator, the Bulunsky district court against the head of the village, a preventive measure was elected in the form of house arrest," the report said.

During the investigation of the criminal case, more than 20 witnesses were interrogated. An inspection of the scene was carried out, material evidence was seized. In the preliminary study of the girl’s corpse, the examination confirmed the initial conclusions of the investigation that the death of the child came from animal bites.

The administration of the village of Tiksi conducted a search. Documents regulating the activities of the administration of the village of Tiksi and the head of the village were seized. Officials interviewed.

In connection with a large public resonance, the case was referred to the department for the investigation of especially important cases of the investigative department. The prosecutor of the Bulunsky district, the head of the district, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Bulunsky district met with the residents of Tiksi and answered their questions.

As reported, on March 10, a flock of stray dogs attacked a nine -year -old girl in the village of Tiksi, the child died on the spot from the wounds received. The head of Tiksi Sergey Lizhiev admitted that measures to regulate the number of stray animals in the village were insufficient.

In turn, the Yakut governor Yegor Borisov said that it is necessary to adopt the republican law that equates hopeless dogs with wild animals that pose a threat to human life and health, Interfax reports.

Meanwhile, this is the second case of the death of a child from bites of stray dogs in Yakutia. On February 18, stray dogs were biting a nine -year -old boy in the village of Berkakit, Neryungrinsky district.