Lithuania’s Border Guard Chief Resigns After Cover-up Claims over Migrant Attack
Prosecutors are examining border officers’ actions after reports that about 20 migrants attacked guards and one officer was lightly injured.
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Lithuania’s border guard chief resigns after cover-up claims over migrant attack
The head of Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT), Rustamas Liubajevas, has resigned amid mounting questions over how his agency handled, and reported, a violent incident on the Belarusian border last month, in which migrants allegedly tried to drag one of his officers across the frontier into Belarus.
Migrants Injure Lithuanian Border Guard, Try to Force Him Into Belarus
A Lithuanian border guard was injured during a confrontation with a group of migrants who allegedly attempted to force him across the border into Belarus after entering Lithuania through an underground tunnel, according to Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT on August 15. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. DONATE NOW The incident occurred in late July in the area overseen by the Kapčiamiestis border po…
Lithuanian border guard commander resigns over migrant attack on border guards
On August 14, the Belarusian opposition portal Zerkalo published an article about the information published by Lrytas regarding the incident on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.
The press reported that illegal migrants who had snuck through a secret tunnel into Lithuania had been injured and tried to drag a local border guard to Belarus. Some security officers denied the incident, others confirmed. First reported the incident to lrytas. Many media later wrote about it in almost the same words, some of which did not even indicate the source. After the start of the scandal, the Latvian public service LSM removed its artic…
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