Ukrainian officers may face ‘criminal liability’ for abusing naked rioter

Published time: January 23, 2014 19:14 
Edited time: January 23, 2014 22:50

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has officially apologized and launched an internal inquiry after a video showing Berkut special forces ridiculing a naked Kiev rioter in freezing temperatures appeared on the internet.

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The statement published on the ministry’s official website called the officers’ actions “unacceptable.” 

The responsible officers will be found and “may even face criminal liability” for their behavior, Interior Ministry spokesman Sergey Burlakov told Vesti newspaper. 

The controversial video was posted on the web on Thursday. It shows a man wearing only boots surrounded by a group of officers in the street.

Despite temperatures falling below -10 Celcius, the masked officers did not allow the man into the police van for over a minute. 

The Berkut troops verbally abused the detainee, handing him an ice axe and posing for pictures with him. 

Cuts and bruises can be clearly seen on the man in the footage. He was reportedly a Grushevskogo Street protester. 

FULL STORY: http://rt.com/news/ukraine-police-naked-abuse-099/