Unknowns stoned the bus full of believers of the UOC heading towards the peaceful protest for the protection of the canonical orthodox Church in the Ukraine

October 2, 2018 – The attack happened on the territory of St. George’s monastery around 02:00 in the morning in the city of Rivno (western Ukraine). As a correspondent of the UOJ have reported from the scene, four fit and tall unknowns in black balaclavas  stoned with large stones a bus that was filling with parishioners of the UOC to drive to Kiev for the peaceful protest. Women and children were also in the bus.

As a result, the windshield of the bus has been damaged making this vehicle impossible to use. One of the attackers was nearly captured by some parishioners but got away using a tear gas. The policе had arrived, documented the incident and interviewed witnesses.

Moreover, the driver of the bus was warned to refuse the transportation service to the parishioners just a few days before the trip. Nikolay Filchuk, the bus driver was interviewed by a correspondent of the UOJ. When N.Filchuk arrived at the Ukrainian Transportation Security for paperwork, he was told that they do not welcome his decision to provide the transportation service to Kiev for the believers and notified about a call from the Ukrainian Security Service. “It was explained to me, that there had been a phone call from the Ukrainian Security Service, they asked to suspend me from driving to Kiev.” – N. Filchuk said.

Sources:

http://spzh.news/ru/news/56302-avtobus-s-verujushhimi-upc-pytalisy-zablokirovaty-po-zvonku-iz-sbu–istochnik

http://spzh.news/ru/news/56300-v-rovno-neizvestnyje-zabrosali-kamnyami-avtobus-s-zhenshhinami-i-detymi

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