A 9-year-old girl was detained in the Republic of Tuva for 'calling for terrorism,' according to a report from the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs press office on March 28.
The police and Federal Security Service found that a schoolgirl from Chadan town urged 'committing unlawful actions.' She and her parents were summoned to the police station.
The girl explained that out of boredom, she messaged an unknown contact saved in her elder sister’s phone. She suggested 'killing people for 500,000 rubles,' but then got scared that she would be reported to law enforcement.
The police drafted a protocol on the girl’s mother’s failure to fulfill upbringing duties. The girl herself will be added to the police register.
After the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall on March 22, which resulted in 143 deaths, Russians, including schoolchildren, started receiving messages offering rewards for committing a terrorist act. Screenshots of such texts have been shared by residents of Zabaykalye, Yaroslavl Oblast, Udmurt Republic, Buryatia, and Mordovia.
An underage boy from Velikiye Luki faces criminal charges for sending messages suggesting the organization of a terrorist act.