An investigation group consisting of police officers and prosecutors will examine the circumstances of the road accident that involved prosecutor Iurie Garaba. The driver of the other car involved, Gheorghe Munteanu, was put under arrest for 20 days.

Prosecutor in charge of this case Eugen Bordos said the victim in the accident was Iurie Garaba. He was hit by Gheorghe Munteanu and suffered a nose fracture and was operated. Gheorghe Munteanu is accused of hooliganism. The prosecutors asked that he be put under arrest so as not to influence the witnesses and not to destroy the evidence. Asked if Gheorghe Munteanu underwent a medical examination, the prosecutors said that he did, but the results are not yet known.

Prosecutor of Buiucani district Elena Neaga said that by this incident they try to manipulate the public opinion for political purposes. The comparison with the hunting incident in the Domneasca Forest is not justified as the accident wasn’t hidden and the victim is Iurie Garaba. Elena Neaga denied that Gheorghe Munteanu was threatened with a gun by the prosecutor. The official was going on vacation together with his family and didn’t have a gun on him.

The prosecutors added that the witnesses of the defense were questioned two times as there were contradictions in their statements. Contradictions also exist in the statements made by the witnesses of the accused – the relatives of Iurie Garaba.

Two young men who were in the car together with Gheorghe Munteanu when the accident happened told a news conference that it was prosecutor Garaba was attacked Munteanu first, pushing him. The latter hit him when defending himself.