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| Gas revolt: the Tula OMON surrounds Gypsy camp |
| 2016-03-18 |
| 16 March in the village of Plekhanovo near Tula (Russia) was a conflict between local residents, authorities and residents of the Roma encampment. As a result of illegal taps in the pipeline about 400 houses in the village were left without gas. On Thursday the location of the conflict were tightened large police forces and RIOT police, several people were detained. Experts arrived on March 16 at the place, found that the part of the pipeline filled with water and there are several dozen illegal taps, which supplied the household and the store, reports NEWSRU.com. One of these taps in the gas supply system is exposed to water. March 15, local residents have made another attempt to make illegal tie-in street underground gas pipeline, resulting in an accident. Repair work has caused discontent of the inhabitants of the Gypsy camp. Gypsies came to the administration building and police, began to burn tires, throw stones and sticks of gas-men, policemen and journalists. The rebellion was quickly put down. Of damage to the pipeline that led to the off gas in the village was eliminated. According to the data of IA "Tula news" on Thursday in Plekhanovo arrived about 300 law enforcement officers. As the correspondent of Agency, early in the morning on 17 March in that part of the settlement, where the Roma Diaspora, moved by the police, which was escorted bulldozers and employees of gas service. According to the journalist, the police "seriously equipped and prepared". Portal MySLO.ru writes about 500 police officers, stating that it is including the OMON, SOBR, the handlers and the internal troops. When I started pruning of the pipeline, the Gypsies approached the cordon. As a result, "the two most actively gesticulating citizens detained in the hard way using non-lethal weapons as batons", the report of IA "Tula news". After some time, the correspondent of the Agency, was arrested in the U.S. "most active" members of the Roma. According to press reports, law enforcement officers on Thursday "will conduct explanatory work with the residents of the Roma settlements, which was illegally connected to the gas network". According to the report in the group of the newspaper "Sloboda" and the portal MySLO.ru "Vkontakte", the work of the gasman in the Roma settlement is more like a special operation. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Heh: "escorted (by) bulldozers" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-03-18 15:55 |