Employees of the border service of the Republic of Belarus on the border with Latvia found a half-living refugee from Somalia and his dead friend, who had died because of unlawful actions of the Latvian law enforcers. This was reported in the press service of the State Border Committee of Belarus.
‘On 5 November, Polotsk border guards near the border with Latvia found two refugees from Somalia, one of whom was already dead,’ the report said.
According to the surviving refugee, the two had been detained by Latvian law enforcers the day before and brutally beaten, striking all over their bodies. From the injuries his friend first lost consciousness and then died.
‘Then the Latvian police officers got rid of the body, throwing the corpse and the beaten refugee on the Belarusian side,’ specified in the press service of the State Border Committee of Belarus.
Recall, earlier portal Delfi mentioned that the Latvian government has decided to remove Russian from the school educational programme as a second foreign language, the initiative will come into force in the new 2026 academic year.