An accident occurred in the Kirov district of the Mogilev region of Belarus – a 15-year-old college student was seriously injured.
The incident took place on the evening of October 30, when the first-year students were returning from classes to the dormitory.
At this time, the Investigative Committee of the Mogilev Region reports , three guys were talking to each other nearby.
The eldest of them wanted to attract the attention of the girls and began to brag about the pistol that his friend had left at his house the day before.
The citizen fired several shots towards the girls. One of them reacted sharply to this. A verbal altercation broke out.
The first-year girls moved away from the young men and sat down on the steps of the porch, but the owner of the pistol fired several more shots - in the direction of the girls.
One of them covered her face with her hands and screamed. She was taken to hospital with an eye injury.
The investigator inspected the scene of the incident, interviewed the suspect and eyewitnesses, seized the pistol, and ordered a number of expert examinations, the regional Investigative Committee department noted.
It was also reported that investigators are conducting an investigation into the incident.