2024-04-08 05:46:09
As reported by the Police Department, these incidents took place on Sunday and Monday night.
Sunday night, around 2 a.m. 15 min., in Vilnius, Ukrainian Didvyriau Street, an unidentified person threw a bottle with a flammable liquid into the building of the Russian Embassy and damaged the wall of the building.
The loss is determined.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the destruction of property in a generally dangerous manner.
This is punishable by a fine or restriction of liberty, or arrest, or deprivation of liberty for up to five years.
The same incident happened again on Monday night.
About 2 hours 46 min. In Vilnius, on Didvyriau Street, Ukraine, an unidentified person threw a bottle with a flammable liquid into the building of the Russian Embassy and damaged the wall of the building.
The loss is determined, and a pre-trial investigation has also been launched into this incident.
According to officials, both times the bottle with a flammable liquid was thrown into the territory of the Russian embassy not from the parade side, which is protected, but from the opposite side, where the consular section is located. This department is closed on weekends and at night.
According to preliminary data, the bottle with flammable liquid thrown on Sunday night did not catch fire, only the contents of the bottle thrown on Monday night caught fire.
The location from which this attack was carried out falls within the field of CCTV cameras installed in the embassy.
The embassy staff handed over the videos from these cameras, which show the person throwing the bottles, to the authorities conducting the pre-trial investigation.
These recordings are of fairly good quality and may help identify the suspect.
So far, no one has been arrested in connection with the attack.
2024-04-08 05:46:09