New details. Chronology of the attack on the Belarusian embassy and the beating of the consul

December 20, MINSK. New details became known on December 19 about the Belarusian embassy in the UK and the beating of the consul. He is currently in the hospital, he has been diagnosed with a broken nose, concussion, and a front tooth knocked out. Andrei Miskevich, adviser to the Belarusian embassy in the UK, told journalists about this, BelTA has learned.

The diplomat called this event extraordinary in the life of diplomacy. "Yesterday, an employee of our embassy - the consul - was attacked right outside the diplomatic mission building," he said.

The events unfolded as follows: from about 13:30 to 15:00, a picket took place near the embassy building, which was carried out by one of the emigrant groups formed in London in the wake of the events of 2020. "The protest was relatively peaceful and ended around 15:00. However, in the late afternoon - at 18:45 - we were informed that the Belarusian embassy had been bombarded with eggs. The situation itself is unpleasant, it requires a response, including Therefore, I and the consul went to the scene of the incident in order to interact with law enforcement agencies, possibly identify those responsible for the incident and carry out other procedures in accordance with this situation," Andrei Miskevich said.

He explained that he arrived at the diplomatic mission a little earlier, and the consul approached about 10 minutes later. “And when approaching the embassy, ​​he was attacked by a group, as it turned out later, consisting of 4 men and one woman. They threw eggs at him, shouting out aggressive intentions. It was obvious that they were going to start directly violent actions,” the diplomat said. as events unfold, I ran out of the embassy, ​​as well as the driver, to protect our employee. This cooled the ardor of the attackers a little. The emergency service of the local police unit was also called."

Andrei Miskevich said that a kind of skirmish took place with the attackers. "In fact, there was no skirmish. We were insulted, attacked. People were obviously in a state of alcoholic intoxication . We, as far as possible, tried to calm them down. Although this situation definitely got out of control. And later after the arrival of the outfit police, one of the speakers punched the consul in the face. The situation is currently being assessed. He is in the hospital. He was diagnosed with a broken nose, a concussion, a front tooth was knocked out. The person is losing consciousness, he feels bad," the embassy adviser said.

According to him, to date, as a result of the events that took place the day before, the police have detained one person, three are still passing as witnesses. Another one is the one who struck while hiding. "What we can say is one blow. Although there were obviously more of them. He is hiding. We expect local law enforcement agencies to establish him. Fortunately, there is a video recording," the diplomat said. "We identify this person as one of the most active participants in a destructive migrant group that likes to declare the purely peaceful nature of its actions, but in fact the “peaceful” nature was very clearly demonstrated yesterday.”

Andrei Miskevich emphasized that the available video materials eloquently prove the absolutely extremist, brutal and hooligan nature of the incident, as well as the true moral character of the attackers.

The embassy emphasized that this was not about a drunken stunt near the diplomatic mission building: it was a conscious political action. Throwing eggs at the embassy, ​​the attackers planned to lure the diplomats out into the street in order to take violent actions against them, Andrei Miskevich concluded. "At the same time, actions were purposefully carried out against Belarusian diplomats according to their professional affiliation," he drew attention.

The Belarusian side is handing over video recordings from the scene to local law enforcement agencies, the British Foreign Office was also informed about the incident, and the inadmissibility of such actions against employees of the Belarusian embassy and the diplomatic mission building was emphasized.