...The soldiers used real bullets. From tommy guns and machine guns. Tanks maneuvered and intentionally crushed cars. By the entrance there were piles of dead bodies. It's not true that there were only 13. They fired at the people for one hour. Neither paratroopers nor doctors were allowed to go over to the dead people. Blood was running from people's ears from the impact of the firing. People were loaded into tanks and covered truck.

Lithuania, 1991.01.13 : documents, testimonies, comments. - Vilnius : State Publishing Center, 1992, p. 142.