Event 29

{
  "attack_type": "Weaponized Migrants",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus",
    "BY-LV"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Video evidence released by Latvian authorities and reporting from a reputable OSINT journalist. The claim of bodies at the border matches the ongoing border crisis context.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Latvian border guards released a video that depicts unidentified individuals bringing two motionless bodies to the fence on the Belarusian border. The incident comes amid mutual accusations, with Belarus previously accusing Latvia of neglecting migrants at the border.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-10-30T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Video allegedly released by Latvian authorities depicted in the tweet.",
    "Public reporting by a respected journalist on the regional situation.",
    "Screenshot of tweet showing video evidence and timestamp.",
    "Direct textual claim by Hanna Liubakova regarding release of video by Latvian authorities.",
    "Screenshot of original post with video still, posted by Hanna Liubakova, citing official Latvian border guard video."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Latvian border guards released a video showing unidentified individuals bringing two motionless bodies to the fence on the Belarusian border.",
    "The #Belarus regime had previously accused #Latvia of neglecting migrants at the border."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Weaponized Migration",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Video allegedly released by Latvian authorities depicted in the tweet.",
            "Public reporting by a respected journalist on the regional situation."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Latvian border guards released a video showing unidentified individuals bringing two motionless bodies to the fence on the Belarusian border.",
  "location_text": "Latvia-Belarus border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "captured_at": "2025-11-23T16:03:13.744990Z",
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "hash": "ec364d5d536e1a27bc3bd4651d137a29807ff1a22241e6e1afa4fd7953279c90",
      "mime": "image/jpeg",
      "origin": "restore",
      "size_bytes": 315349,
      "source_url": null,
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_29_1763913793_561d24a9.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Video of bringing dead body to fence for propaganda",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-bring-people-without-signs-053956657.html"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718909071040901273",
    "https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-bring-people-without-signs-053956657.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvian border guards released footage of two motionless bodies brought to the border fence by unidentified persons. Context includes ongoing Belarusian accusations against Latvia regarding migrant neglect.",
  "url": "https://x.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718909071040901273"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Weaponized Migration",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BY-LV",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "30-Oct-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "Video of bringing dead body to fence for propaganda",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Migrants",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "\"Migrants.\nOctober 30. Latvian-Belarusian border deaths \nVideo bringing bodies to the border.\"",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718909071040901273 and https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-bring-people-without-signs-053956657.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}