Yakutsk Republican Drug Treatment Clinic

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2021: Initiation of criminal proceedings against the leaders of the drug dispensary after the patient attacks patients

On October 18, 2021, the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) announced the initiation of a criminal case after a patient attacked patients in the Yakutsk Republican Drug Treatment Clinic.

According to the press service of the TFR, on the evening of October 16, 2021, the Chamber of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) "Yakutsk Republican Drug Dispensary" a man inflicted stab wounds to five patients of the institution. As a result, one of the men died, four were taken to a medical institution with injuries. According to an Interfax source, the armed attack occurred "during a night quarrel." The informed interlocutor also told the agency that the cause of the attack, previously, was the unstable psychological state of the attacker.

In Yakutia, a criminal case was opened against the leaders of the drug dispensary after the patient attacked patients

According to preliminary data, a man who may have mental disabilities took advantage of the fact that his neighbors on the ward were sleeping and attacked them with a knife. Life reported that the 47-year-old Procopius T. turned out to be an attacker (the publication did not disclose the name).

The suspect in the attack on patients was detained, a case was opened against him under Part 1 of Article 175 (murder) and Part 3 of Article 30, paragraph "a" Part 2 of Article 175 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of two or more persons). In addition, the Yakut department of the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 233 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence, resulting in negligence causing grievous bodily harm and death of a person). As established by the materials of the criminal case, what happened became possible due to the improper performance by officials of the drug dispensary of their duties, the press service of the TFR said.

By October 18, 2021, investigators are conducting a set of investigative and procedural actions aimed at establishing the causes and circumstances of the incident.^[1]

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