Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/@kazanfirst
A pair of newlyweds spent their first night as a married couple in a police station after they were allegedly embroiled in a huge fight with bar bouncers as seen here.
The confrontation took place in the street in front of the Ruki Vverh! (Hands Up!) bar in the city of Kazan in western Russia’s Tatarstan Republic region and was recorded by CCTV cameras as well as onlookers.
In the video, a security guard in a white short and be seen grappling with a man in a dark shirt, reportedly the groom, on the ground.
A woman in white, allegedly the bride, rushes out and tries to separate the pair but other onlookers push her away.
A man dressed in all black then walks out and punches one of the men seemingly trying to break up the fight in the face, sending him crashing to the ground as the groom is beaten by a security guard with a truncheon.
The bride runs at the truncheon-wielding bouncer but is pushed to the ground, spilling her belongings.
She runs back into the melee to try to break up the fight as an onlooker calmly smokes a cigarette and watches.
Local media report that the newlyweds spent their first married night at a local police station after the incident with bruising from the fight. Reports state the guards also used pepper spray on them.
One of the onlookers was diagnosed with a fractured jaw and nose after becoming involved in the fight.
The cause of the incident remains unclear and there is no information on whether a police investigation has been launched. No arrests have been reported.
Netizen ‘Ruslan’ said: “There are so many people simply looking at how a man and a woman are being beaten up. Seems that they have absolutely no shame.”
And ‘Vladimir’ added: “This is so shameful. I wonder how many guards were arrested by the police.”
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