Kindergarten pupils in Kyzyl were injected with syringes as punishment

A kindergarten teacher in Tuva, where traces of injections in the buttocks were found in children, used a syringe as punishment. This was announced on May 22 by a source of Izvestia.

"In this way, she punished the students — those who ate slowly or got angry," the source explained.

According to him, no traces of any substances were found on the syringes. They were also not found in the pupils.

Educational excess: who is responsible for the injuries of children in kindergartens

It is rare to be sentenced to actual terms of imprisonment in such cases, lawyers say.

On May 22, police officers in Tuva began checking on the discovery of suspicious injection marks in children at a kindergarten. It was noted that the mothers of the children had contacted the police. The women reported that they had injuries in the buttocks in the form of puncture marks. According to the children, the teacher and the teacher's assistant allegedly took them to the toilet, where they injected them with a syringe.