An unprecedented attack in Sartininkai: a platoon of masked youths arriving in the village attacked people in the middle of the day

Greta Kęsminaitė-Pudžemė, a representative of the Tauragė County Police, said that no one had been arrested for this incident.

The police have launched a pre-trial investigation into the violation of public order and are clarifying the circumstances of the incident.

Organized gang

A Sartininkai resident who had been in contact with Delphi, asking to remain anonymous for his own safety, said the newcomers had greatly intimidated the villagers.

“They parked the cars to one side, at the other end of town, and ran like soldiers. You can imagine about 15 people running around town wearing masks ”, the interlocutor was surprised.

This time there were three people on their way to the attackers, sitting on a gazebo and beaten. But there probably could have been more victims.

“It just came to our attention then. There would be something else on the way. The neighbor asked them what they are doing, telling him that we will immediately go into the yard, do you want to get it yourself? There was a gazebo in the center, lots of basketball, and they broke what They found them there. Anyway, many young people and adolescents gather there, it’s good that there are few at that time, “he said.

There is no doubt that the attackers are not locals, their cars were seen by neighbors for the first time. At first glance, they are very young people, probably just adults or adolescents. In the videos, it appears that at least one of them had a gun-like item.

I was surprised by the reaction of the services.

People were shocked not only by the unprecedented attack itself, but also by the reaction of the responsible services.

“An acquaintance named 112 says he sees a band of masked people fleeing. He asks if they have already done something. Funny. That’s right, let’s run after them and watch until they do something. Here there is no ordinary family conflict, an organized gang arrives, you see that there will be someone and you ask if there has already been. He was still blocking a man with the car, “said the Sartininkai situationist.

What was strange was not only the reaction of the General Assistance Center, but also the reaction of the police: it seemed to people that the arriving officers were in no rush to search for the attackers.

“And the police came, not to look at the cameras, but to tell the beaten people to blow up. I think we should take those things more seriously, “he said.

According to the interlocutor, young people now feel unpunished and that is why they dare to carry out this type of attack.

“If once they arrive they feel that nobody is anything, two weeks later they will drive again, as a joke, as an adventure, and finally they will arrive at something more serious. The best thing is to prevent it now, ”said the villager.

There is a lack of district inspectors

According to him, in the past, while the district inspectors were still working, residents felt safer.

“I always say that the worst thing is that there are no longer any police in the districts. Everything was different, they talked, they found out about the situation, it was easier to keep in touch with the police. The police do not come to any meeting in the elderly now.

When there were proxies, they came. And soon everything was gone. And now one day some patrols, another day, they open a shift and everything. The police arrive, punish the cyclist without a vest. And the most serious and arrogant bandits feel that they go unpunished, ”he said.

According to the man, that feeling prevails not only in Sartininkai, but also in the residents of other villages with whom he has to communicate.