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Third person already detained for attempting to vandalize ''People of Maidan'' exhibition in Riga

BC, Riga, 09.10.2015.Print version

Another person was detained yesterday for attempting to vandalize the ''People of Maidan'' exhibition opposite the Cabinet building in central Riga yesterday, LETA found out from the State Police.

 

Police detained the man (born 1988), who has a previous criminal record.

 

Police have started a criminal process for hooliganism.

 

As reported, earlier this week, two other men were detained for attempting to vandalize the exhibition about the ''Maidan'' revolution in Ukraine.

 

In an on-line video posted by the men, the men can be seen tearing down two posters and ripping a flag apart with a knife. The men can also be heard swearing in Russian on the video.

 

Police have started a criminal process for hooliganism against the men.





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