The remains of the fallen soldiers have been legally unearthed, the Zemgale Regional Directorate of the State Police confirmed to LETA.
Taking into account that there was no criminal offense, the State Police refused to initiate criminal proceedings. Police presence was necessary during the digging works in question, which was previously agreed and ensured, the administration said.
On Monday, Tālis Ešmits, the head of the search for fallen soldiers unit "Leģenda", broadcasted an interview with the Latvian Radio program "Labrīt!" that the association had received a letter "from somewhere" that soldiers' remains had been left in a certain place in the Kurzeme forests. The association went to the specified location, where it was confirmed that the remains of ancient soldiers had been piled up in a large pit. The police also were present in all this.
After various forces had been deployed and the local population had been spoken to, it became clear that the soldiers' bodies might have been unearthed by foreigners who, allegedly explaining in German to the locals that they were from the Netherlands, produced documents claiming that they were entitled to carry out archaeological excavations in the forest.
The search for fallen soldiers unit has reportedly managed to find out the names of the people who might have carried out the questionable excavations in the Kurzeme forests. This information has reportedly been passed on to the police.
