In the Belarusian city of Rechitsa, 27-year-old Dmitry Uskhopov died, detained by the police on the night of December 31 to January 1. «Flagstaff» and «Nasha Niva» write about this.
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According to relatives of Uskhopov, at about 11 pm on December 31, Dmitry together with his friends was in the city center and was going to go to his mother to celebrate the New Year. Uskhopov's friend Alexander told “Mediazone. Belarus ”that police officers approached Dmitry, as he was drunk, shouted loudly and staggered. As Artyom, a friend of Uskhopov, told Novaya Gazeta, a few hours before that Dmitry learned about his friend's death, which made him very worried.
“They were drunk. Police officers approached them, according to eyewitnesses, Dimka showed disobedience. They called a patrol with help, ”said the close men.
After a while, Uskhopov was brought to the hospital unconscious, they tried to revive him, but he died soon after, human rights activists say. «Clinical death was recorded already upon admission — officially after the resuscitation measures of the staff of the Central Regional Hospital at 01:20 am on 01.01.2022,» Uskhopov's relatives noted.
They are sure that the police officers beat Uskhopov: the body, which was shown to them in the morgue, has bruises and bruises on the wrists and knees, as well as a round wound on the left temple. “Yesterday they said take away the body, they want to get rid of it as soon as possible, because there are bruised hands from the handcuffs, and the back from the buttocks to the head is all black (from a hematoma — approx.), Even the neck,” said Uskhopov's friend Artem.
“They were either interrogated and beaten, or hit me once in the head, or shot from pneumatics, I do not know for certain. He lost consciousness in the ROVD, they poured water over him there, tried to reanimate him, his undershirt was torn. They brought him already with a half-naked torso and a jacket on top. Hair, body, clothes — everything is wet, it is still wet in the morgue, «Uskhopov's relatives said.
Uskhopov's father Alexander clarified that the police told the family that their son had died. “And when they came to take them to the morgue, they said:“ Is this the one who was killed? ”,” He said.
According to a friend of Uskhopov, Dmitry’s father had worked in the police for 15 years. Nasha Niva notes that Dmitry Uskhopov has a 5-year-old daughter.