In Gomel region, on the bank of Besyad river, two local residents did not divide the catch with two men who had come to fish. Local residents accused the visitors of that they had stolen their catch, and when it occurred impossible to solve the "fish" dispute with peaceful means, they took a hunting gun. However, the first shot was the last. It occurred that the newcomers were the officers of special militia units.
The policemen, who came to have a rest, had to use their professional skills, CTV reports. Hand-to-hand fight against local residents was over in a few seconds.
First deputy chief of Vetka police department, Vyacheslav Garpushkin, reported that one of the local residents had been previously brought to criminal responsibility for illegal fishing in 2008. «Moreover, both citizens, as shown by medical examination, were strongly intoxicated», said Vyacheslav Garpushkin.
The gun, from which they fired, is unregistered. The police also confiscated a hunting gun from the second local resident.
Law enforcement authorities initiated a criminal case on the fact of shooting at fishing. The fisherman, who shot, faces up to six months of arrest. Moreover, the local residents will have to be responsible for poaching, because the fished using nets.
