In Minsk, a homeless man was angry at children playing nearby and damaged the boy stunt scooter

Sentenced 65-year-old pensioner, who was accused of committing hooliganism, told the correspondent of the Agency “Minsk-Novosti” in the Prosecutor’s office of Zavodsk district.

At lunchtime on June 5, 2026, the defendant was sitting on a concrete block near a food store on the street. Buckets. Not far from him, children rode on a bicycle and a trick scooter, which irritated him. Suddenly, the man got up — it scared the guys, and they, throwing the means of personal mobility, ran away.

The attacker took a scooter and at least twice hit him on the asphalt, and then on a nearby bike. Then he lifted a fragment of paving slabs from the ground and threw it into the scooter, damaging it.

The frightened children began to shout that they would call the police, after which the defendant left. Students told about the incident to parents who appealed to the police. The identity of the hooligan was established without problems, a criminal case was opened against him.

In the court hearing, the man fully admitted his guilt, repented of what he had done.

- The accused is a pensioner, divorced, does not have a permanent place of residence, said Alexei Minets, assistant prosecutor of the Zavodsk district. The court found him guilty of intentional actions grossly violating public order and expressing clear disrespect for society, accompanied by damage to someone else’s property (hooliganism), and on the basis of Part 1 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code imposed a punishment of two months of arrest. In addition, the accused must undergo compulsory treatment for chronic alcoholism.