Man detained in Kyiv for desecrating Hanukkah statue on Maidan Nezalezhnosti
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A man has been detained in Kyiv for desecrating a Hanukkah monument and could face up to five years in prison or a fine of up to five hundred tax-free minimum incomes, the National Police reports.
Law enforcement officers detained a man who desecrated Hanukkah in the center of the capital. The offense is punishable by criminal The offender faces up to five years in prison. This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the National Police of Kyiv.
The investigation department of the Shevchenko of the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department initiated criminal proceedings under Part 1 Art. 161 - violation of the equality of citizens depending on their race, nationality, religious beliefs, disability and other of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for a fine of two hundred to five hundred tax-free minimum incomes or restriction of liberty for up to five years, with disqualification to hold certain positions or to engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years or without it.
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The fact of the violation was discovered by the police during while monitoring social media. A video of the man's temporary toilet filmed himself relieving himself on a monument temporarily installed on Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square to mark the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. on the monument temporarily installed to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.
Officers of the Shevchenkivskyi Police Department in cooperation with criminal analysis analysts quickly identified and detained the hero of this video.
He was a resident of Kyiv region, born in 1988. born in 1988. He faces a fine or a prison sentence for peeing on a symbolic Jewish Hanukkah candlestick .
