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Tuva Teen Fatally Stabbed at School as 17-Year-Old Ex-Classmate Identified

Education authorities launched an internal review to examine conditions that led to the crime.

Overview

  • Investigators report the stabbing happened during a conflict between minors on school grounds in Tuva’s Barun-Khemchiksky District.
  • The suspect is a 17-year-old first-year student at the Ak-Dovurak mining technical college and a former classmate of the victim, according to police.
  • The victim died at the scene from his injuries, the Investigative Committee said.
  • A murder case has been opened under Part 1, Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code, with a forensic examination ordered and investigative actions ongoing.
  • Tuva’s education ministry began a service investigation and sent an interagency working group, and an emergency meeting of the commission on juvenile affairs was convened.