Hrodna Resident, Brutally Beaten Up By Riot Policemen, Is Critically Ill

This has been reported by Dzianis Lukjanau's sister.

The condition of 36-year-old Dzianis Lukjanau, who, according to his family, was severely beaten by riot police near Hrodna on July 20, has deteriorated. Doctors put the man under induced coma. This has been reported to Belsat by Dzianis' cousin Darja Salianik, who visited her brother in the hospital on August 25.

According to Darja, when she came to see her brother, he was still conscious and could hear her, but could not answer. "The doctors said that it had become difficult for him to breathe. His blood pressure had dropped and his breathing was slowing down. That's why they hooked him up to a ventilator," - she said. After the cousin left, the doctors put Dzianis Lukjanau under induced coma.

The relatives ask everyone who might have witnessed Dzianis Lukjanau's detention and him being beaten by the police, to call back. The family wants the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

On July 20, the SunDay automobile festival took place near the village of Karolina near Hrodna. Dzianis Lukjanau, 36, was resting there with his friends, they were drinking together. When they were about to leave, Dzianis said goodbye to the company, ready to go home, where his wife and three small children were waiting for him. Several dozen policemen were on patrol in the festival territory, including riot police officers. According to Dzianis' relatives, they saw him being in a sozzled state, took his arms and headed to the forest. "In the forest, the law enforcers started to beat him up at once. As he said later, they were mastering techniques on him. They were beating him on the buttocks, hips and legs with rubber truncheons. Then they took his arms, brought him to the policecar and took him to the police station to draw up a report," - his cousin Darja said.

A few days later, the Hrodna resident was hospitalized and taken to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of muscle necrosis and blood poisoning. Dzianis has already undergone 6 surgeries, a part of his buttock has been amputated.