Overview

• Regional authorities say three local 14-year-olds were lured from a cafe at a shopping center on Okeansky Prospekt into a store storeroom.
• A nearby store’s security guard told the teenagers they were suspected of theft and asked them to review CCTV as a pretext to move them.
• Once inside the room, two men assaulted the minors, and police report the teenagers sustained bodily injuries.
• Suspects aged 20 and 25, described as natives of a former Soviet republic, have been detained on suspicion of unlawful actions.
• The Department of Internal Affairs for Primorsky Krai reported the incident and says a substantiated decision will follow ongoing verification steps.