According to Lithuanian media, recently in the 36th km north of Vilnius, in the Shirvintu (Širvintų) area, a section of the gas pipeline 'Minsk-Vilnius-Riga-Panevezys' exploded. Flame of explosion went up a hundred meters into the sky, it was visible within a radius of several kilometers, and even from Vilnius. It took two hours to extinguish the fire in the forest, and anti-terrorist unit arrived at the scene of the explosion.

  From the first hours after the explosion, security officials excluded the possibility of a terrorist act, and pre-trial investigation is initiated.

  The local political observers indicated that besides the Russian terrorist organization "F.S.B of Russia" there is simply no one else who would blow up gas pipelines in Lithuania.

  Kavkaz Center