A 23-year-old man from Bihor district was arrested on charges of torturing a cat, filming the scenes and then posting them on social media.

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According to the Romanian police, on Thursday, after a video of a man hitting a cat appeared on a social network, the police officially reported the case and identified a 23-year-old man from the commune of Tinch in Bihor county. .

Police say that on the same day, at around 12:00 p.m., while on Emanuila Goydu Street in Tynka, a young man tortured a common-breed public cat, which he grabbed by the tail and threw about seven meters away. away. The cat hit the pavement with force, and then hid in the yard.

Later, the young man published a photo on the social network.

Based on this fact, criminal proceedings were opened for animal cruelty, and the young man was detained for a day.