{"id":535038,"date":"2026-04-20T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=535038"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:09:56","slug":"traffic-police-fired-shots-to-stop-driver-from-pruzhany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/traffic-police-fired-shots-to-stop-driver-from-pruzhany","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Police Fired Shots to Stop Driver from Pruzhany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Traffic police officers used a firearm to stop a driver from Pruzhany, the Interior Ministry\u2019s press service reported.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Sunday evening. Traffic police officers signaled the driver of a Renault to stop, but he ignored the order and attempted to flee.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The offender did not respond to the inspectors\u2019 repeated lawful demands and attempted to escape, creating a real threat to the lives and health of citizens while driving. A decision was made to use a service weapon,&#8221;<\/em> the traffic police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The car was being driven by a 41-year-old resident of Pruzhany. He had never held a driver\u2019s license. He also showed obvious signs of alcohol intoxication.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A blood sample was taken for testing. The vehicle was placed in a secured impound lot. The driver was placed in a temporary detention facility,&#8221;<\/em> the Interior Ministry added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 848px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-535038-1\" width=\"848\" height=\"432\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/video_2026-04-20_13-51-08.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/video_2026-04-20_13-51-08.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/video_2026-04-20_13-51-08.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic police officers used a firearm to stop a driver from Pruzhany, the Interior Ministry\u2019s press service reported. The incident occurred on Sunday evening. Traffic police officers signaled the driver of a Renault to stop, but he ignored the order and attempted to flee. &#8220;The offender did not respond to the inspectors\u2019 repeated lawful demands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":535037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e61797a9400.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Traffic Police Fired Shots to Stop Driver from Pruzhany"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}