The pensioner who pushed the girl on the way to the Moscow metro was declared insane

A pensioner who pushed a girl on her way to the Moscow metro has been declared insane and sent for compulsory medical treatment. This was announced on May 20 by the Moscow prosecutor's office.

"By a court order, compulsory medical measures were applied to her in the form of compulsory treatment in a medical organization providing psychiatric care in specialized inpatient settings," the Telegram channel says.

It is specified that the woman suffers from a chronic mental disorder. Experts have established that at the time of the crime she could not have realized the actual nature and social danger of her actions.

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The Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia in November last year reported that in the Moscow metro, a pensioner, while on the platform of the Taganskaya station, pushed a 13-year-old girl on the way. A criminal case has been opened into the incident on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Attempted murder").