On the morning of October 6, an incident occurred near Dzerzhinsk.
An intoxicated citizen visited a store at a gas station and began threatening customers with a traumatic pistol.
However, the gas station employees sent an alarm signal to law enforcement in time.
As a result, the perpetrator was detained.
Information about the incident is presented on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
Details of the incident at the gas station near Dzerzhinsk
On Sunday, October 6, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a man who was intoxicated at the time entered a store at a gas station near the village of Vyazan.
The man pointed a gun-like object towards the visitors.
After this, the citizen began to threaten people with violence.
The petrol station employees pressed the panic button. As a result, law enforcement officers arrived at the scene of the incident within 2 minutes.
The man who threatened the store's customers tried to escape, but he was unable to do so: he was detained.
The detainee turned out to be a 47-year-old resident of Fanipol.
A traumatic pistol was found on the citizen.
In addition, it turned out that the attacker was drunk: more than 3 ppm of alcohol in exhaled air.
Investigators will give a legal assessment of the actions of the detained resident of the Dzerzhinsky district.