INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Law enforcement authorities in the city of Chelyabinsk detained a vice principal and the head of a private security company following a
hammer attack at a local school earlier this week, investigators said Wednesday.Police said a 13-year-old student injured three classmates
and a teacher with a hammer at School No
According to Russian law, criminal negligence leading to serious injury or death carries a punishment of up to five years in
prison.Additionally, the deputy director of the private security company contracted by the school was arrested and charged with failing to
nationwide efforts to improve safety measures following several deadly school shootings and knife attacks in recent years.Chelyabinsk region
Governor Alexei Teksler has since ordered a region-wide review of school security protocols in response to the attack.Investigators
confirmed media reports that the 13-year-old student had a history of mental health issues and that a preliminary investigation had been
launched into the medical institution where the student had been receiving care.Russian President Vladimir Putin previously attributed the
rise in armed school attacks to foreign influences, particularly from the United States, and has responded by tightening gun control laws.A
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