Famous Graffiti Artist Aleh Larychau Attacked In Minsk

Aleh Larychau raised money for the artists, who put up images of Shchotkina, Shunevich and "mini Miasnikoviches" in the streets.

The author of the project Signal Aleh Larychau says that he was attacked by unknown people in the entrance hall of his house, nn.by reports.

Aleh has bruises under his eyes, his jaw is very painful – he talks with difficulty; the lips sore. The head is also very dizzy, a tooth is fractured. He fainted after being beaten.

It is unknown who attacked him. Larychau himself reports that there were two men in civilian clothes. They took neither his phone, nor his money.

"I went out to the store. When I was coming back, there was a man near the entrance, he was poking in the house intercom. I dialed my apartment number, he also entered, overtook me on the stairs. Then someone hit me from behind, the one that was in front joined as well. First of all, the one who hit from behind, knocked the mobile phone out of my hands. They knocked me down together, beat on the head. I asked – for what? They did not say anything. I lost consciousness for a while. When I came round – there was no one around. The telephone was lying next to me, they did not take anything away, – Aleh Larychau says. – I described that guy to the police. I think I can identify him only."

After the beating, Larychau went up to his apartment, called an ambulance. The ambulance called the police. Aleh was taken to the emergency hospital for examination, where a closed craniocerebral injury was diagnosed.

He at once filed a report in the hospital waiting room.