A 14-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma after a conflict in the village of Birlesu-Yenbek in Zhambyl Region, the website infohub.kz reports.
As previously reported, the teenager was hospitalized in Zhambyl Region after a conflict with a peer. Police said at the time that all those involved in the incident had been detained and that the victim was in hospital.
It became known today that the teenager is in a coma. According to Channel Seven, the fight between schoolchildren took place last weekend near the local club in the village of Birlesu-Yenbek. An 11th-grade student struck a ninth-grade student several times in the chest, after which the latter fell and lost consciousness.
According to doctors, the victim's condition is extremely serious. The boy has swelling of the brain and lungs and is in a medically induced coma in a non-transportable condition. Doctors are fighting for the life of the 14-year-old, but are giving no prognosis.
Police have opened a criminal case into the incident. The investigation is being overseen by the leadership of the regional police department.
"All those involved in the incident have been detained and taken to police. It has been preliminarily established that a conflict occurred between two minors who knew each other previously, during which one struck the other," the police department said in a comment.