Klaipėda police investigate incitement to violence against Lithuanians

Klaipėda County police have opened two pretrial investigations into suspected incitement to hatred, including one case involving calls to physically attack Lithuanians, LRT reported Thursday.

Police received a report at about 6.20am Wednesday that a Facebook video openly promoted hatred and violence. A man born in 1977, suspected of posting the recording, was detained in Klaipėda at about noon and taken to hospital because of a health condition. Prosecutors told BNS that he had allegedly called for violence against Lithuanians during a Facebook livestream.

Police also received a report that a young man born in 2008 had posted a TikTok video encouraging hatred and violence against a group of people. He has been questioned, and police searched his home. Investigators will assess the content and its potential danger while collecting further evidence, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.