Overview

• Seven people died and three were hospitalized in Slantsevsky District after consuming an alcohol-containing liquid identified as surrogate alcohol.
• Police detained a resident of the village of Gostitsy on suspicion of selling the toxic liquid to fellow villagers.
• The criminal case was opened under part 3 of Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code for causing death by negligence.
• Regional prosecutors ordered a check by the city prosecutor's office on instructions from Leningrad Region prosecutor Sergey Zhukovsky.
• MVD spokesperson Irina Volk said investigators are clarifying all circumstances of the incident and the probe continues.