Young Front activists brutally beaten

• 28.07.2008, 12:41

Youth activists Yaraslau Hryshchenya, Artsyom Lastavetski and Yauhen Spasyuk were brutally beaten up at night, when they were spreading leaflets “Freedom to Andrei Kim!”

As the boys said, at 2 am five young men run into the house where the activists were dropping leaflets into mailboxes. They stroke the activists to the ground and began to kick them. The fight lasted for some minutes, after that hooligans went away. The boys referred to militia patrol for help, but heard in response: “We know Lastavetski and Hrashchenya, they deserve to be beaten. So you may thank yourselves for it...”

The boys got numerous hematomas, moreover, Yauhen Spasyuk has his nose broken. The activists are going to record the injures and appeal to militia with a demand to find offenders, the Young Front’s website reports.

Alyaksei Spasyuk, Yauhen Spasyuk’s brother, was detained in another city district at that night. He was found about 1000 leaflets with information about Andrei Kim on him. The court punished the boy with a fine of 15 basic units.