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According to BNS, Vilnius County Police spokeswoman Julia Samorakovskaya at 2.27pm. The police were informed of possible fights in the event of a conflict between the Belarusians living in Lithuania and the tugboats who had organized the protest.
“A driver has been arrested and will be taken to the police station for clarification,” Samorakovskaya told BNS.
According to her, it is not yet known which country he is a citizen of, the driver will be identified.
According to the police, the protesters from 1 to 3 pm had permission for a protest action during which they briefly stopped the tractors.
According to LRT television, after protesters stopped a truck, one of the protesters was unhappy with the hand of a disgruntled driver.
Vilnius police representatives told BNS around 6 pm the person was still being questioned, it was established that he was a Russian citizen. He himself and some other witnesses allege that the man may have inadvertently beaten the protesters against a Belarusian citizen.
Giedrius Mišutis, representative of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS), said that SBGS officials who saw the protest outside the border area sought to appease the warring parties and used the police to help.
A week ago, Belarusians living in Lithuania organized a similar campaign near the Lavoriškės border crossing, and it was carried out peacefully.
The protesters seek to draw attention to the situation in Belarus, demanding the release of political prisoners by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and calling for tougher sanctions against the regime by the European Union.
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