An airsoft grenade was thrown into a Riga bar. At that moment, Russian journalists were there, but the Latvian police do not connect the incident with their work
In Riga on the evening of December 23, a man threw a practice grenade into a bar where journalists from the BBC Russian Service had gathered. Novaya Gazeta Europe, citing an eyewitness , reported that the incident occurred in the Čē bar at around 11 pm. According to the publication’s interlocutor, by that time there were almost no visitors left in the establishment except journalists. At some point, a man looked into the bar and threw an RGD-5 training grenade at the feet of the patrons.