The Investigative Department for Mozhaisk of the main department of the Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region began an investigation into vandalism and hooliganism due to an explosion at the memorial complex «Park named after the 40th anniversary of the Victory.» This was reported on the website of the department.
According to the Investigative Committee, the teenager “found a fire extinguisher at the place where the garbage was thrown and decided to check whether it would explode, for which he put the cylinder on the burner of the Eternal Flame, resulting in a bang.” The head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to report to him on the results of the check.
The day before, SHOT released a video that allegedly shows an 11-year-old student putting a fire extinguisher into the Eternal Flame. The explosion was heard by the watchman of the House of Children's Creativity — she ran out into the street, saw «thick smoke over the Eternal Flame» and called the police. The Telegram channel, without specifying the source, wrote that the juvenile department had registered the fifth grader.