Police have the first numbers from Sunday’s intervention in the Old Town Square, where an anti-government demonstration took place against security and hygiene measures against the spread of coronavirus. At first, the peaceful protest turned into violence, especially football hooligans.
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On Monday, the police announced that they had detained 144 people, against whom 14 the police initiated criminal proceedings.
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“In all fourteen cases, criminal investigators instituted criminal proceedings on suspicion of criminal offenses of violence against an official and rioting,” said a police spokeswoman Eva Kropáčová.
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Protesters injured several police officers. “A total of 25 police officers were injured during the security measures. Seventeen cases involved bruises and bruises. These injuries did not require immediate medical attention on site. Another eight police officers were treated on the spot by rescuers and four of them were then taken to hospital. All police officers have already been released for home treatment, “said a police spokeswoman, adding that the attackers had damaged police property.
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Already on Sunday evening, Kropáčová Seznam told the news that the detained radicals could be punished with more severe punishments – due to the fact that the attacks on police officers took place during the state of emergency. “Of course, we will follow the applicable law and that it is an emergency,” she said.
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According to the spokesman of the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office (NSZ) Petr Malý, it will now be important to prove a specific crime to individual suspects during the investigation. The fact that the hooligans committed it during a state of emergency will be aggravating for them.
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‘The fact that such conduct was committed at the time of the declared state of emergency will not be a sign of qualified fact in these cases, but may be considered an aggravating circumstance. We cannot comment on the possible amount of sentences at this time and in this situation, as we do not have more detailed information on illegal acts or on the persons of possible perpetrators, “said Petr Malý from the NES.
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