Summary
Headline: Windows of 'Corner House' in Rīga smashed
Short Summary: Windows at the Latvian Occupation Museum's Corner House in Riga were smashed, with ongoing police investigations and prior threats reported. Organized crime has been ruled out.
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Unknown individuals smashed the windows of the 'Corner House' (former KGB building, now Latvian Occupation Museum) in Riga. The police have ruled out an organized crime link, but investigations continue as Russian speakers have reportedly promised a repeat of history and deportation via phone threats.
Notes: Corner House in ??Riga attacked. Windows smashed, ??Russian threats reported
Evidence
- "Another attack on the Corner House (former KGB building)... three windows have been smashed. People working there regularly receive threats by phone."
- "Guide Avars Ruksitols shows the three showcases of the Corner House, the glass of which was broken last week."
- "Surveillance camera footage is activated. But the thieves did not enter."
- "Latvian Television reported on January 14."
- "All criminal proceedings have been initiated for one. The guilty person has been identified and arrested. We have not established the motive, but there are two obvious parallel probes."
- "The museum said its staff believe that attacks on the Occupation Museum in Old Riga are reported to one extent or another, while the attacks on the Corner House are photo documented, showing the actua..."
- "We do not see a single crime or system pattern that specifically targets the Museum of the Occupation."
Location
Location: Corner House (former KGB building), Riga
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