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Police announce two people who were injured after the LGBT march in Kaunas on Saturday.
“We have information on the two victims, I will not expand it yet,” Mindaugas Baršys, head of the Kaunas Police Chief Commissariat and head of the operation, told a news conference in Kaunas on Saturday.
A representative of the Kaunas city ambulance station told the kauno.diena.lt portal that these people were attacked and beaten. One person is 27 years old and the other 31 years old. One complained of head and forearm injuries, another suffered a blow to the face. There is no danger to their lives, according to the doctor.
Baršys said he could not detail the situation in which they were injured, but emphasized that police work continued after the event, the situation was assessed and those who may have committed crimes were arrested.
According to the police, four pre-trial inquiries were opened for violation of public order and one for inciting a group of people.
According to M. Baršis, there were detainees even after the incident in which people were affected, he did not specify their number.
According to the police, there were around 2,000 people in Laisvės Alley during the event. persons.
According to the latest police data, a total of 22 people were transferred to police stations.
According to M. Baršis, there were detainees even after the incident in which people were affected, he did not specify their number.
Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla emphasized that even after the event, the police will work with reinforced forces “as necessary”.
“The event seems to be over, but the police work is definitely not, we see some threats when the protesters try to leave, leave the place,” said the commissioner.
Photo by Vilmantas Raupelis
R. Požėla: Laisvės Alley is not suitable for this type of event
The police chief thanked both the security officers and the “social partners from whom we received some information.”
According to R. Požėla, this event showed what the police said even before it happened: it is difficult to guarantee the safety of people in Laisvės Alley.
“Still, Laisvės Alley is not the best place for such events and such specificity in the city of Kaunas. And today we have certainly seen certain conflict situations. (…) For the safety of the participants themselves and for the safety of police officers and others, when the width of Laisvės Alley is limited enough, there are many people in one place, they have all seen the challenges of protecting to the people. without exception, ”he said.
However, the commissioner general says that despite incidents after the event, the police have managed to ensure the safety of the march.
“I believe that the police work was successful, we do not have that information about the injured in terms of the participants of the event, I do not have the information to injure the police officers. Addressing the participants of the event and all those gathered, I would like to thank you for your understanding. I appeal to those people with whom they did not have to push and use force, ”said R. Požėla.
Baršys said he could not yet say exactly how many officials worked at the event. At the time, the police chief promised to provide information next week on both the number of officers and the security required.
The march ran from Independence Square near Sobor Laisvės Alley to its end, then its participants turned around and returned by the same route.
Photo by Vilmantas Raupelis
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