In the city of Prokopyevsk, the Kemerovo region drowned in an artificial pond, a criminal case was instituted in fact, the press service of the regional investigative committee said .

According to the agency, this happened the day before, the boys were 5 and 11 years old. A local resident, passing by the reservoir, saw children in it. He pulled the boys ashore, but they no longer showed signs of life. The resident reported the incident to law enforcement agencies.

According to preliminary data, children could walk at the reservoir, on the surface of which there is still ice. A criminal case was brought under the article "Causing death by negligence to two persons."

In April, several incidents with children in reservoirs had already happened. A resident of Birobidzhan Violett Makhakov saved an 11-year-old boy who had failed under the ice on the Bire River. She heard his screams for help and went into the water to help the child get ashore.
In the city of Ob under Novosibirsk, a six-year-old boy died in the Vlasikha River, which spilled due to melting snow. He played on the shore with peers and disappeared. According to the investigation, the boy was found 70 meters from the place where they saw him for the last time. The mother of the deceased accused the city administration of inaction: the bank of the river in which the boy drowned was not fenced. She added that she turned to the city hall demanding to put a fence.

Kuzbass: Two children drowned in an artificial pond