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“I’m happy at least that people were able to go home after the operations and procedures. But it shows that there is a serious, very serious riot that began, not just the expression of an opinion or position, ”announced this Wednesday the Interior Minister, Agnė Bilotaitė.
He said this at a meeting of the Lithuanian Green and Peasant Union faction.
The Minister thanked the officials for their professional work.
“Lithuanian citizens have the right to express political attitudes, their views in a legal way, I very much regret that it was necessary to protect Lithuanian institutions from aggressive actions,” said A. Bilotaitė.
26 people were arrested for the riots near the Seimas on Tuesday night.
The minister said he had no data on his participants affected by the unrest.
“I don’t have that information at the moment. Of course, there is some information floating around on social media, but our officials only take the necessary special measures as a last resort,” he said.
Riot police around 2 pm The night ended to disperse the protest participants who did not withdraw from the Seimas. They were evicted by slowly advancing shielded officers using tear gas.
About 5,000. People gathered at the Seimas in Vilnius on Tuesday to express their opposition to the government’s planned restrictions on people who do not have immunity to the coronavirus and who do not undergo tests.
After the Seimas session, some of the protesters blocked the exits of the parliamentary building and the exit of the inner courtyard of the Seimas. When they were taken from the building by officers, riots broke out: bottles were thrown at officers, flares were fired and tear gas was used at protesters.
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