Rescuers are searching for a 7-year-old boy who was sucked into a sluice of the Beloretsk Reservoir.
Details are reported by the press services of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Investigative Committee of Russia for Bashkiria.
An incident involving a minor occurred in Beloretsk on July 9.
A group of children were swimming in the Belaya River. They were in the water near the reservoir's sluice.
One of the 4 boys swam too close to the lock. After a while, he disappeared under water.
Now rescuers from the State Committee of the Republic of Bashkortostan for Emergency Situations are working at the scene. They are looking for the boy. There is no information about the child's fate yet.
Meanwhile, investigators have launched an investigation into the incident.
Investigators have arrived at the scene. They are working together with police and rescuers.
Search activities are underway, the scene of the incident is being inspected, and witnesses are being interviewed.
Earlier in Cheboksary, a mother strangled her 7-year-old son.
