MASS BRAWL
BREAKS OUT IN ROVNO OBLAST
DURING ATTEMPT BY SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW CHURCH TO SEIZE U.P.Ts.
CHURCH BUILDING
Interfax-Religiia,
4 September 2019
On the
territory of a church in the
village of Malinsk in Rovno oblast, almost sixty representatives
of religious
parishes got into a fight, as a result of which eleven persons
were injured and
twelve criminal proceedings were begun, the police report.
"Another
incident between
representatives of two religious parishes arose yesterday, 3
September, on the
territory of a church in the village of Malinsk. A report began
to arrive at
the police at 7:30 about a conflict among unidentified persons
who cut the locks
on the doors of a church and tried to remove things from there
and about local
residents receiving bodily harm," the press service of the
police of Rovno
oblast reported on Wednesday.
Law
enforcement officers explained that representatives of the
"parish council
of the Peter and Paul parish of the PTsU [Orthodox Church of
Ukraine] diocese
of Rovno cut locks on entry doors of the church and entered for
conducting a
worship service.
"This
led to a regular conflict between representatives of religious
parishes that
have had strained relations since back in the spring of this
year. The dispute
grew into a brawl near the church among almost 60 persons,
during which eleven
local residents suffered bodily injury in the form of bruises,"
the police
reported.
In
the context of the pretrial investigation in the criminal
proceedings on the
basis of article 356 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
(vigilanteism),
investigators of the Beresno police department seized documents
that, according
to representatives of the Peter and Paul parish of the PTsU
diocese of Rovno,
confirm their rights of ownership of the church.
"In
addition, information was entered into the Uniform Register of
Pretrial
Investigations about eleven incidents of causing intentional
minor bodily
injury, preliminarily based on part 1 of article 125 of the CC
of Ukraine.
Investigations of the actions are continuing," the police summed
up. (tr.
by PDS, posted 4 September 2019)
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