The Investigative Committee of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region has joined the investigation of the incident with the attack of a pack of stray dogs on a woman with a small child in Nizhny Tagil.

Recall, the incident occurred on the morning of March 7, when the Tagilchanka Alena Popova led a four-year-old son in a kindergarten. A flock of stray dogs attacked my mother and her child, they tore to pieces of that terrier and bitten the boy. The woman managed to beat off her son. Now he is taking sedatives, the JustMedia correspondent reports.. en.

"In the course of checking by the investigator of the TFR, a set of measures is carried out to establish all the circumstances of the incident, including whether the dogs were unaccompanied. Measures are being taken to interview the affected boy and possible eyewitnesses of the incident. The degree of severity of harm caused to a child's health is established.

The investigation will also clarify whether the officials responsible for organizing the capture of animals (in case the dogs were homeless) are fully fulfilling their duties,. Based on the results of the pre-investigation inspection, the bodies of the Investigative Committee will adopt a procedural decision, "said Alexander Shulga, senior assistant to the head of the Sverdlovsk Region Investigative Committee.

Recall that this incident is also checked by the Prosecutor's Office.