Police "Explained" Its Lawlessness In Minsk Metro

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was not less than the Superman who "attacked" police officers.

The video of the brutal detention of a young man in the Minsk metro started yesterday the Belarusian social networks.

Tatiana Strelnikava posted a video showing how police officers and subway officers detained a young man at the Kastrychnitskaya metro station in the Minsk metro. They beat the lying person at the face; use various painful techniques against him, including pressing a knee directly at the neck. However, four employees cannot handle him, one of them screams angrily to someone: "Help, Hena!" Only six police officers could bring him away.

While it is not known exactly what happened, but the girl who was shooting the video, said behind the scenes that she saw the guy walking and not touching anyone when the police started to detain him.

The police has already published its version of the incident in the media. According to the official statement of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not less than Superman "attacked" and successfully "beat up" the six police officers. He was doing that while being "pumped up" with drugs and alcohol.

"In the Minsk metro police officers detained a young man who had resisted the police," – Aliaksandr Lastouski, an official representative of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Minsk City Executive Committee, said to BelTA yesterday.

"At 13.25 on May 27, a young man tried to enter the Kastrychnitskaya metro station. According to preliminary information, which we can voice now, his inadequate condition drew the attention of the security staff of the Metro. During the detention, he actively resisted and injured the police officer. As a result - a fracture of the bones of the nose of the police officer. The the blood of the police officer is seen on the record that got into the Internet," – the Interior Ministry spokesman said.

According to Aliaksandr Lastouski, they detained the young man. Currently, doctors are taking steps to get him out of the state of drug poisoning and intoxication. They initiated a criminal case under Article № 364 (violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs agencies - BelTA comments). The representative of the Main Department of Internal Affairs added, that they would report the details later.