The magistrate Taiga judicial site has stopped criminal case against teenage boys threw eggs at a temple in the district of Sosnogorsk in the Komi Republic. This is with reference to Prosecutor’s office reports “Interfax” on Monday, September 18.
According to investigators, in may 2017 16-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend were walking in the evening through the village Voyvozh. “Schoolchildren can do nothing”, reported the press service of the local Department of the interior, and so they began to throw eggs at the Church of St. Nicholas. As a result, they broke part of the glass panes. They were detained by the guard and called the priest of the Church. He called the police, in the presence of the parents of the children testified.
In the case of minors brought the case under part 2 of article 214 of the criminal code (“Vandalism committed by a group of persons, as well as on motives of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity”). The article is about vandalism is one of those, which can attract criminal liability from 14 years of age. The maximum punishment provides imprisonment for the term up to three years or compulsory labor for the same period.
Earlier, in March, vandals ripped and tried to burn the memorial cross near the Church of St. John the Baptist in Volgograd. Then to detain violators in hot pursuit failed.