A criminal case has been opened in the Khanty-Mansiisk autonomous region after six residents died from ingesting an unknown substance, believed to be a new kind of synthetic marijuana, RIA Novosti reported Friday.
The news follows reports of a mass poisoning from the popular drug that goes by the street name "spice" in the Kirov region. Four people died after consuming the drug in Kirov last weekend and dozens were hospitalized.
Investigators in the Khanty-Mansiisk region released a statement Friday confirming six deaths of people between the ages of 18 and 35, but they have not yet tied the deaths to synthetic marijuana poisoning.
A spokeswoman for the regional prosecutor told RIA Novosti that about 90 people had been poisoned and 36 hospitalized after ingesting an unknown psychoactive substance.
The symptoms listed were the same as those experienced by victims of poisoning in the Kirov region: seizures, loss of consciousness, respiratory failure, inappropriate and strange behavior, the unidentified spokeswoman was cited as saying by RIA Novosti.
INC News, 26/09/2014
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