In St. Petersburg, citizens who fired barbecue on Sennaya Square were detained

The Police of St. Petersburg established young people who lit a barbecue in the city center on Sennaya Square and brought them to liable for petty hooliganism, violation of fire safety and self-insulation regime, TASS reports.

"On the evening of May 3, a video appeared on social networks on which the company of young people in the center of St. Petersburg installed a barbecue and fries barbecue. During the audit, police officers found that the incident occurred on May 2 at about 17:30 on Hamen Square. The identities of two young people who took part in the events were promptly established. Administrative affairs were instituted about petty hooliganism, violation of fire safety and fire safety and fire safety violation restrictive measures during the pandemic period (holding a mass event) today, on May 5, the violators were delivered to the police department to be held accountable, ”the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region said.

The audit began after the incident after the placement of the Life Shot telegram channel video, in which two young people and the girl fried barbecue on Sennaya Square.

According to the police, the violators were 28 and 27-year-old men registered in the city of Borovichi, the Novgorod region.

In St. Petersburg there is a mandatory self-isolation regime for people over 65 years old, the rest of the citizens are also not recommended to leave the house without extreme necessity.

Temporary prohibitions for citizens to participate in sports, cultural, spectacular, public and other mass events have been introduced. It is forbidden to visit museums, theaters, exhibitions, cinemas, zoos, restaurants, pools, fitness centers and other leisure facilities, as well as bookmakers and totalizers, parks, sports and playgrounds. Dilution of bonfires in the fire hazardous period also threatens a fine.