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The absurd situation developed on Friday morning in Tomsk, a major Russian city in western Siberia, according to a report by Interfax news agency. The guard, who was working for a local grocery store chain, apparently caught a suspected shoplifter - or the candy she wanted to buy was simply missed.
It's not clear how things escalated so quickly, but the guard then requested an armed rapid response team from his security firm. The heavily-armed unit, trained in dealing with threats from bandits or volatile hooligans, were reportedly puzzled as to why their presence was needed to deal with a first-grade school student.
The conflict was resolved when the little girl's mother showed up and tearfully pleaded for the child's release.
The owner of the shop would not immediately comment on the report while local police said they were investigating what exactly happened.
Reader Comments
Really! like in the US a 7 year old child commits a "crime"
In a world a couple decades ago, this would come under community policing, wherever in the world one lived, the child would be taken aside given a warning, a good talking to about honesty, the effects on community and no charges laid. But a report would be filed for future reference.
Now children are subjected to armed men in black, what this could do to the psyche of a 7 year old child, I guess remains to be seen.
But I suspect for a more mature person, it would scare the c**p out of them, to be confronted with men in black holding weapons in front of them.