The girl writes: “On Sunday, March 12, around 3:00 p.m., we experienced an attack together with two friends in Gailīšu forest. In the middle of the forest we met a man aged around 30-35, regarding 1.72 m tall, medium build, brown hair, beard stubble, dark blue I’m a puffer, a backpacker who wanted to check the time in passing. The girlfriend replied; we continued to walk, but a constant look behind us probably saved us from the first attempted attack, as eyes met. As we continued on the ridge closer to civilization, regarding the A10 highway, one of us noticed this man coming backwards at a fairly brisk pace. The moment one of us started running, the man started running too. He managed to run up to two of us, and the girlfriend asked what he wanted, following which he grabbed my phone, which I was not ready to let go of right away. The girlfriend got up and was ready to strike, but he pulled out a gun and aimed it at us, he was silent, he didn’t say a word. I let go of the phone and we started running towards the highway, causing us to roll off the cliff as we fell. Fortunately, the first driver named Artur didn’t get scared and stopped, thanks to him for that! All three of us jumped into the car and called the police. The phone had been dropped at the place where the incident took place. We got through with only one sprained ankle joint, but I’m afraid to imagine what might have happened and how everything would have turned out if he attacked us in the middle of the forest where we met for the first time. All nature lovers who also like to go for walks near the bosom of nature on holidays, especially in the Gailīši forest, be careful!”.
It should be noted that this post quickly went around other social network profiles as well, and the editorial office was also contacted by residents who wanted confirmation – whether or not such an event had taken place.
We asked for a comment from the Zemgale regional administration of the State Police and its representative Ilze Jurevica explained: “We can confirm that on March 12, officials from the Rietumzemgale precinct of the Zemgale regional administration of the State Police received a call to the Gailīš forest area in Tukum. Upon arriving at the indicated place, State Police officials met several young women, who informed them regarding the encounter with the unknown man and the fact that the man had taken the mobile phone belonging to one of the young women. The initial necessary actions were carried out at the scene, including a survey of the area, but the male suspect was not encountered. While searching the forest area, a mobile phone was found on the ground, which, as initially reported, had been taken from the girl.
In connection with the incident, at the Rietumzemgale station of the Zemgale regional administration of the State Police, on the initiative of the officials, a criminal case was initiated for the incident under Article 176 of the Criminal Law for robbery.
At the same time, the State Police is calling the residents report by calling 110 if there is information possibly related to the incident.
