Investigative Committee responds to beating of Rostov club visitor by security forces

Investigators have launched an investigation into the publication of a video of a person being beaten by law enforcement officers.

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The Investigative Committee for the Rostov Region has launched a pre-investigation check after the publication of a video in which law enforcement officers beat a man in Rostov-on-Don, the department's website reports. The Investigative Committee clarified that the check was organized after the publication of a recording filmed on Beregovaya Street.

The video, in particular, was published by the Baza Telegram channel, which clarifies that the incident occurred on August 17. The video shows a man in a Rosgvardia uniform spraying gas into the face of a man arguing with him, and then beating him with his fists and feet. Later, two more security officers join in the beating, one of whom holds the man down while the other two kick him. As a result, the man being beaten lies on the ground with his hands behind his back, and one of the security officers hits him with a baton.

The video also shows attempts by passersby to talk to the security officers and the presence of an Interior Ministry officer who did not intervene in the situation. In total, the recording shows four people in Rosgvardia uniform. It should be noted that by 2:30 p.m. Moscow time, the video had garnered 234,000 views.

According to the Informburo Telegram channel, these security officers arrived at the B29 karaoke club in response to a call because one of its patrons had been attacked. Baza calls the beaten man a participant in a mass brawl that took place in the club.