In the Vladimir region, three schoolchildren drowned in the Losikha lake TASS reports about the incident with reference to the regional prosecutor's office.
The bodies of three schoolchildren of eight and nine years old were found on the banks of the reservoir, the department said. The prosecutor's office has begun an investigation into the death of children.
According to REN TV, on Friday, November 19, the children left school, but did not return home. Later, two school backpacks were found on the shores of Losikha Lake. A version is being considered that the dead could have ended up in the water through negligence, but there is a possibility of a criminal cause of the death of children.
Earlier in the city of Nizhnie Sergi, a three-year-old girl left unattended by her parents fell into a pit with water in the yard, which was used in as a well, and perished. Law enforcers opened a criminal case under the article on causing death by negligence.