Overview
- The Investigative Committee’s Dagestan branch opened a check after a video showed a ninth-grade pupil being beaten in the Botlikhsky District.
- District police say all participants have been identified and are weighing criminal cases under Article 116 (battery) and Article 150 (involving a minor).
- Authorities report the incident began as a scuffle between two 15-year-olds before a recent hire at the school and an older brother drove one boy outside the village where the assault occurred.
- Police state the 27-year-old teacher recorded the beating, prompted where to strike, was dismissed immediately, and later shared the footage on social media.
- Local officials say a community-led reconciliation with apologies took place, but law enforcement continues to pursue detention of the adult attacker and the teacher.