Police detain six people in Latvia for celebrating Victory Day

9 мая 2023

The police detained six people in Latvia for celebrating Victory Day, BelTA informs.

The law enforcers caught the sight of people who used to lay flowers at the sites where there used to be the Soviet monuments, but they were dismantled by the decision of the country's government. According to the police report, the detainees also demonstrated some symbols, banned in the country.

Nine cases of administrative offences were brought against the offenders, criminal proceedings were instituted against one participant.