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Those who seized prosecutor's office in Donetsk may face incarceration

12 April 2014, 15:11 -- The Donetsk regional prosecutor's office confirmed that its building was seized overnight. A group of unknown masked young men armed with batons broke into the building of the prosecutor's office. About 40 people began to barricade entrances with furniture. After negotiations, the people left the building.

A criminal case was opened on charges of mass disorders. The Criminal Code prescribes five to eight years' imprisonment for such actions.

As was earlier reported, unknown people got into the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office overnight, but shortly after that, law enforcement officers arrived on the scene and evicted them from the building, local media reported.

Meanwhile, a group of unidentified people seized a police precinct in Slavyansk, the Donetsk region, on Saturday, an official at the Donetsk regional police department told Itar-Tass. 'Unidentified people have seized a police precinct today. They were wearing military fatigues. They remain there now,' he said.

Ukrainian parliament-appointed interior minister Arsen Avakov has warned about a 'tough response actions' against those who have seized the police station.

'Armed people in military fatigues have seized a district police station in Slavyansk. Response will be very stern here,' Avakov said. A special police group was sent to Slavyansk, he said.

The Ukrainian interior ministry would respond sternly to attempts to destabilize the situation, especially in the southeast of the country, the ministry said in a statement on its website on Saturday.

'The Interior Ministry will sternly respond to attempts to intentionally destabilize the situation, to violation of public order and mass disorders all over Ukraine's territory, particularly in regions, where special operations are conducted to settle the situation the Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkov regions. All who violate the law, regardless of declared slogans and party affiliation, will be detained,' the statement reads.

The ministry warned that a 'serious' article of the Ukrainian Criminal Code would be invoked against the protests' organizers.

Source: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_12/Those-who-seized-prosecutors- office-in-Donetsk-may-face-incarceration-3932/