A three-year-old girl 'froze to death' at a nursery school on Friday after her teacher 'forgot to bring her inside after playtime'.
Zakhra Rzayeva's body was found behind a high pile of snow in the playground of the
Moscow kindergarten, according to reports. The temperature was around minus five degrees Celsius outside the kindergarten.
'Kindergarten teachers forgot a three-year-old girl outdoors after a walk,' reported Mash news outlet citing sources in the nursery school, known as Kindergarten number 2120.
'They remembered about her only two hours later.'
The kindergarten staff 'rushed out' to look for her. 'The girl was found behind a snowdrift - she was dead.' An ambulance was called but she was found to be dead.
A major investigation has been launched into the girl's tragic death involving Russia's Investigative Committee, which deals with serious crimes.
Teachers and staff were being interrogated.
The child's parents Rizvan Rzayev and Gulnara Shakhadat were too distressed to speak.
Teachers had denied to him the child was outside alone for too long.
'Detective work will establish that.'
A source at the kindergarten declined to go into details but said the child was found lying in the snow and staff had tried unsuccessfully to revive her.