IKEA burning in Vilnius was based on Russian special services / day

« The pre -trial investigation revealed what was involved in the malicious burning of IKEA, and that they were young people over the age of 20. One of them was at the time was a minor. Both offenders were Ukrainian citizens, » prosecutor Arthur Urbel told reporters on Monday.

A juvenile Ukrainian citizen « acted in the interests of Russian military structures and security services, » the prosecutor said.

Urbel said the young man, who was a minor at the time of the crime, would be tried in Lithuania and the other young man will be issued to Poland.

He was « in an organized terrorist group, previously established in order to commit terrorist crimes in Lithuania and Latvia, along with other persons who are conducting separate pre -trial investigations, » the prosecutor explained, adding that the attack on IKEA was planned for several months.

Last night, on May 9, a fire was held in the warehouse of the Swedish furniture and home goods store « IKEA » in Vilnius, less than a kilometer from Vilnius Airport. The shop did not work one day due to the attack

It is believed that the suspect arrived at the IKEA shopping center on the evening of May 8 and hid in one of the chapters a flammable mechanism with the time ball, which was activated on May 9 at around 4 pm.

After filming the fire and sending the video, the accused, along with another person, immediately released the remaining electrical ignition devices, the clothes and other things worn at the scene. The next night, they went to Warsaw with a car for them, where the accused received a BMW 530 as a reward for the task they did, the prosecutor's office said.

The case about the terrorist was referred to the Vilnius Regional Court.