In Belarus, the police fired and used gas

The protests in Belarus are accompanied by a warning shot, the use of tear gas by security forces and mass arrests.

In Brest, Belarus, during a protest against President Alexander Lukashenko, the police fired a warning shot into the air. Security forces also sprayed tear gas at peaceful protesters, reports the Telegram channel TUT.BY.

So, the video shows how people in black uniforms run towards the citizens. Screams are heard. The policemen unceremoniously drag one of the detainees by the hair. The protesters begin to disperse. Then a sound like a gunshot is heard.

The Belarusian Interior Ministry confirmed that the security forces in Brest fired a warning shot with a carbine to prevent an attack on them. A spokeswoman for the department emphasized that it was a flash noise cartridge.

In addition, a video appeared on the social network in which riot police in Brest, approaching people holding hands, spray tear gas in their faces. Later, the protesters are arrested.

Before that, we wrote that journalists were detained in a protest action in Belarus.

Armored vehicles were also reported to have appeared in the center of Minsk.

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