Military School Leader Is Fired Over Hazing
Russian Defense Minister Sergei B. Ivanov fired the head of a military academy where a brutal hazing incident resulted in the amputation of a conscript’s legs and genitals.
Maj. Gen. Viktor Sidorov was also charged with abuse of office for concealing the crime, the chief military prosecutor said.
Pvt. Andrei Sychev, 18, of the Chelyabinsk Tank Academy in the Ural Mountains region, was beaten and tortured on New Year’s Eve, causing severe injuries. Left untreated for several days, he developed a gangrenous infection, necessitating the amputations. Several other soldiers were beaten but suffered milder injuries, prosecutors said.
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