In Dagestan, stray dogs mauled a local woman to death in a cemetery

In Dagestan, stray dogs mauled a local resident to death, and on March 25, the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the republic opened a criminal case.

"According to the investigation, on March 25, stray dogs attacked a local resident on the territory of a Christian cemetery in the city of Buinaksk, causing her fatal injuries," the department's Telegram channel reported.

A criminal case has been opened under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Negligence that negligently caused the death of a person").

The city administration of Buinaksk expressed condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. They noted that the investigative authorities continue to clarify all the circumstances of the incident.

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In February, it was reported that two huskies attacked a nine-year-old child in Sochi on February 26. The dogs were unattended by the owner, they were driven away from the boy by passers-by. A schoolboy with multiple facial lacerations was taken to a hospital in Krasnodar. Later, the child was transported to the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital in Moscow. A criminal case has been opened into the incident. The owner of the dogs was charged under Part 1 of Article 118 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Causing serious harm to health by negligence").