{"id":148281,"date":"2025-07-25T23:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148281\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"malanka-media-journalist-beaten-in-vilnius","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148281\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma\u0142anka Media journalist beaten in Vilnius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A <em>Ma\u0142anka Media<\/em> journalist has been beaten in Vilnius, the Belarusian media outlet reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said the man was assaulted in the \u017dirm\u016bnai district \u201cwith no warning or apparent reason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the post, Mika\u0142aj (name changed) was returning from work when a group of drunk people approached him. One of them might have thought that the journalist filmed him with his phone. \u201cShouting something in Lithuanian, he punched the Belarusian at least three times in the face and disappeared,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses called an ambulance. The victim was taken to a surgical center. His lips, gums, teeth and soft tissues were injured; doctors gave him about a dozen stitches. The journalist filed a police report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nikita-losik-bysol.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry brands brother of jailed journalist \u0141osik, 13 others as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The interior ministry has added 14 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 5,559, its website says. The list features Mikita \u0141osik, the brother of jailed journalist Ihar \u0141osik. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148201\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 25, Pozirk. A Ma\u0142anka Media journalist has been beaten in Vilnius, the Belarusian media outlet reported. It said the man was assaulted in the \u017dirm\u016bnai district \u201cwith no warning or apparent reason.\u201d According to the post, Mika\u0142aj (name changed) was returning from work when a group of drunk people approached him. 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