Anapa resident detained for provocation near mosque in Adygea

Security forces have identified the author of the provocation with the pig's head at the mosque in the village of Kozet; the man was detained at his home in Anapa and taken to a detention center in Adygea.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on September 14, the Muslim Administration of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai reported that a pig's head was planted at the mosque in the village of Kozet in the Takhtamukaysky District of Adygea . Telegram users called for the author of the provocation to be found and punished.

The provocation with the pig's head near the mosque in the village of Kozet is being investigated under the article on public insult to the feelings of believers, the suspect has been detained, the republican Investigative Committee reported.

The suspect is a 43-year-old resident of Anapa. Police officers and special forces of the Russian Guard detained him in Anapa and delivered him to investigators in Adygea, he was placed in a temporary detention facility in the republic, the department said in a statement. Investigators plan to petition for the arrest of the suspect.

A resident of the Krasnodar Territory committed illegal acts while near the territory of a mosque in the village of Kozet in the Takhtamukaysky District, after which he fled the scene of the crime,” the publication on the official page of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Adygea “VKontakte” says.

The article on public insult to the feelings of believers (Part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) provides for up to three years of imprisonment or forced labor. The Investigative Committee’s statement does not specify whether the detainee pleaded guilty, nor does it indicate specific motives for the provocation. Forensic examinations are being conducted in the case, the department noted.

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