Visitor Detained in Minsk for Harassing Women on Metro

Reform.news Editorial Team · 15 July 2026, 10:38

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The Minsk City Executive Committee’s Main Internal Affairs Directorate reported the detention of a 46-year-old resident of the Minsk region. According to police, he “persistently made advances towards female passengers” in a metro carriage.

According to the police statement, the man had travelled to the capital to go shopping, consumed alcohol and then tried to meet a woman on the metro, making obscene gestures at her.

“An investigation is currently under way, and the detainee’s actions will be given a legal assessment”, the Minsk City Executive Committee’s Main Internal Affairs Directorate said.