Penza, 27 April 2017. PenzaNews. A boy born 1999 who was going to jump from the 10th floor of one of residential houses in Pushkina street in Penza and was saved by law enforcement officials confessed that he had received the risky task in the so-called "group of death" in a social network.

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"He explained to workers of the non-departmental security service that he is a member of a special group in a social network, which assigned the deadly dangerous task. Later, when the boy regained his senses, he renounced the initial evidence," the press service of the federal national guard troops service of the Penza region told PenzaNews.

The department explained that they managed to rescue the boy thanks to fast and skillful actions of fighters of the federal national guard troops service of the Penza region.

"On reaching the house, the fighters saw that the boy was sitting on the parapet of the common balcony with his legs down the roof. The fighters reached the 10th floor running. At the moment when the senior sergeant Maxim Bublyaev ran out to the balcony, the boy leaned down and began to fall. The officer grabbed the hood of the boy's jacket preventing the fall. With the help of a fellow worker, the sergeant dragged the boy into the landing. The tragedy was avoided thanks to the fast and skilfull actions of the fighters of the federal national guard troops service," the press service said.