A Vilnius court on Tuesday sanctioned arrest of Stanislovas Narkevičius,
who is suspected of having assaulted a Filipino businessman in the town
of Trakai, 30 km from Vilnius. The man was arrested for two weeks.
"15 Minutes" photo. / Stanislav Narkevicius

Airinė Šerelytė, the court spokeswoman, confirmed to Baltic News Service (BNS) that the court had sanctioned arrest of Stanislovas Narkevičius, aka Narkuša.

Prosecutors had asked the court to arrest Narkevičius for three months.

On Monday, prosecutors launched an investigation into the assault of Andy Hernandez, 54, and his wife, 39. Hernandez owns a café in Trakai and his wife works as director there.

The incident took place at around 9:30 PM on Friday. A group of men entered the café and assaulted Hernandez and his wife. They were later both taken to hospital.

Narkevičius was detained for affray on Sunday. He faces up to two years in prison.

Žana Sokolovska, a prosecutor in charge of the investigation, told BNS there might be more suspects in this case.

Hernandez filmed the assault with his mobile phone and the video was published online. It shows one of the assailants cursing the café's staff.