KRASNODAR, July 23 Investigators have opened a criminal case due to an attack on a policeman in Korenovsk after a high-profile conflict between local residents, reported the department of the Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory.
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“A criminal case has been opened against a 20-year-old young man. He is suspected of using violence against a policeman,” reported the Investigative Directorate.
According to the preliminary version of the investigation, on Sunday evening a conflict occurred between residents of the Korenovsky district on Krasnaya Street in Korenovsk. The police arrived at the scene. In response to the law enforcement officer’s demand to stop illegal actions, the defendant used physical force against him.
As a law enforcement source said today, on Sunday evening in Korenovsk, Russians of Kurdish origin stood by a car and listened to loud music. A local resident reprimanded them, but in response he was beaten by one of his opponents. The man called the police, and during the arrest the aggressor hit the law enforcement officer in the head with his hand and foot. According to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the fight took place near the school, the detainee was arrested for five days for petty hooliganism involving disobedience to the legal demand of a government official.
The agency’s source noted that on Monday evening, against the backdrop of what happened, about 60 people came to a rally in Korenovsk after beating a local resident, and a video appeared on the Internet of a crowd of young people walking through the streets of the city shouting “Russians, forward” and «One for all, and all for one.»