Video of conflict in Makhachkala Airport sparks resonance in social network

At the Makhachkala Airport, an air passenger refused to put on a medical mask and hit one of the policemen called by the crew, law enforcers have reported. The Instagram users who have watched the video of the incident filmed by an eyewitness criticized the man for refusing to wear a mask which caused the flight delay.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that since June 21, Dagestan tightened restrictions caused by a sharp increase in coronavirus morbidity rate.

The video made in the aircraft passenger compartment was posted today in the Instagram public "Voice of Dagestan", which has a million subscribers.

"A resident of Kaspiysk hit his head in the face of a policeman on board an airplane at the city's airport. The man violated the airline's requirements; and to calm him down, the commander of the aircraft called transport policemen. In response to the demand to present his documents, the passenger hit the policeman," says the post.

It also quotes the woman who filmed the video. "It all started because he had refused to put on a mask," she said.

Most social media users criticized the passenger for refusing to wear a mask.

"Even if you are super-principled, even if you believe in the worldwide Masonic conspiracy, even if you are a master of sports in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), then simply in order not to protract people, you should put on a mask," the user samuilk has noted in particular. "I fully support it. If you don't want to wear it, just go on foot," the user skynet_2.0 has agreed.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 9, 2021 at 09:23 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.