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In the Irkutsk region, after a flood on looters, 14 criminal cases were opened
After the flood in the Irkutsk region, 14 criminal cases were instituted on the embezzlement of property in flooded work. The regional prosecutor’s office reported that 43 reports of such crimes were registered. The agency seeks from the police effective criminal prosecution of the perpetrators, as well as compensation for damage caused.
It is noted that the investigations are under special control of the prosecutor's office. In four of the affairs, people who committed a crime have already been established.
On June 25, the most powerful summer flood in the history of meteorological observations came to the Irkutsk region. The Angara's tributaries emerged from the shores flooded about 100 settlements, especially the Tulunsky and Nizhneudinsky districts were injured. 38 thousand people were injured from the flood. There are still people whose fate is unknown. 25 people in the flood zone were found dead.
107 settlements fell into the distress zone, more than 10 thousand residential buildings were flooded, where 24.7 thousand people lived, of which 8 thousand children. The regional prosecutor’s office intends to bring to administrative responsibility officials for failure to comply with the rules for the prevention and liquidation of an emergency.