In Moscow detained a student who sprayed pepper spray in the subway

Police detained in the capital of a 15-year-old ninth grader suspected of hooliganism. The schoolboy sprayed gas canister in the metro, the press service of the GU MIA of Russia in Moscow reports.

According to preliminary data, during the movement of the train on the stretch between the stations "Stakhanovskaya" and "Nizhny Novgorodskaya" between the student and another passenger there was a verbal conflict. The man made a remark to the teenager because of his defiant behavior. In response, the young man sprayed the contents of a pepper spray in his face.

At the station “Nizhny Novgorodskaya” police officers on the Moscow metro detained the offender and took him to the territorial police department. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, the department stressed.

In November 2025, in Vladivostok, a student sprayed pepper spray right during class. His 14-year-old classmate needed medical attention.

A month earlier in Yekaterinburg, a schoolboy sprayed an aerosol in a classroom during recess, injuring 15 people. 14 children felt a sharp malaise, they had difficulty breathing and other symptoms of poisoning. 11 people were hospitalized in hospital.