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2012 07 03

Lithuanian court sanctions arrest of man suspected of assaulting Filipino businessman

A Vilnius court on Tuesday sanctioned arrest of a man who is suspected of having assaulted a Filipino businessman in Lithuania's town of Trakai. The man was arrested for two weeks.
Kavinė „Mojo“ Trakuose: teigiama, kad išeidami agresyvūs svečiai sudaužė šių durų stiklą.
Cafe Mojo, owned by Andy Hernandez, in Trakai / Nuotr. iš „Facebook“

Airinė Šerelytė, the court's spokeswoman, confirmed it to BNS the court had sanctioned arrest of Stanislovas Narkevičius, aka Narkuša.

Prosecutors had asked the court to arrest Narkevičius for three months.

On Monday, prosecutors launched an investigation into the assault of Andy Hernandez, 54, and his wife, 39. Hernandez owns a café in Trakai and his wife works as director there.

The incident took place at around 9:30 PM on Friday. A group of men entered the café and assaulted Hernandez and his wife. They were later both taken to hospital.

Narkevičius was detained for affray on Sunday. He faces up to two years in prison.

Žana Sokolovska, a prosecutor in charge of the investigation, told BNS there might be more suspects in this case.

Hernandez filmed the assault with his mobile phone and the video was published online. It shows one of the assailants cursing the café's staff.

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