Chief prosecutor in Vilnius attacked

  • 2008-09-03
  • In cooperation with BNS

VILNIUS-The senior prosecutor of the Vilnius Country Prosecutor's office has beenattacked and beaten on the street outside his home, the Lithuanian-languagedaily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Wednesday.

 Ramutis Jancevicius was reportedly attacked in the earlyhours of the morning in a residential zone after asking three men not tourinate in a public place. The men recorded the attack on their mobile phone.

 
"I told them I was a prosecutor but they did not believe mywords," Jancevicius was quoted by the daily as saying.

 A passerby called the police after witnessing the attack.Police managed to apprehend all three of the men. The attackers were found tobe under the influence of alcohol.