A case has been opened after the hospitalization of eight children from the Yekaterinburg – Anapa train.

A criminal case was initiated after the hospitalization of eight children with symptoms of food infection from the Yekaterinburg – Anapa train. This was reported on June 5 in the Western Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation.

According to the investigation, at the Liski station of the Southeastern Railway in the Voronezh Region, underage passengers were removed from the train due to an unknown food infection, and then hospitalized in a medical facility.

It is noted that the case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life or health of consumers").

The ministry clarified that the investigation into the incident is currently ongoing.

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The hospitalization of eight children from the train became known earlier that day. According to preliminary data, the cause of the juvenile's illness was a norovirus infection.