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Unknown people damaged the Skoda car of a 41-year-old resident of the Belarusian city of Grodno, the Belarus Investigation Committee reported. It turned out that the victim is an active police officer.
In Grodno, the car of a police officer, whose personal data had previously been published on one of the “radical Telegram channels,” exploded, the Belarus Investigative Committee said on 20 November.
According to the investigation, on November 20, around 1.30 am, the police were informed of loud applause in one of the Grodno courtyards.
It turned out that unknown persons damaged a Skoda car owned by a 41-year-old local resident. Traces of burns and signs of explosion were found near the car on the front of the car. Three more cars that were nearby were damaged, Sledkom reported.
The man explained that he was an active police officer. Investigators questioned him and witnesses to the incident, and also examined video surveillance footage.
“A criminal case has been initiated under part 2 of article 218 (intentional damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner) of the Penal Code. Those involved in the commission of this crime are being established,” the department concluded.
Telegram creator Pavel Durov announced on October 8 that Apple demanded that the messenger remove three Belarusian channels, where they post personal data of Belarusian security officials. They talked about the channels “Punishers of Belarus – names, addresses, relatives”, “Punisher group chat” and “ALL VIOLATIONS!” These Telegram channels posted photos of law enforcement officers, their phone numbers, cars, and addresses.
The first to publish the data of 1003 employees of the Interior Ministry with positions and dates of birth was the Belarusian opposition channel Telegram NEXTA on the night of September 19. In a separate post, NEXTA provided detailed personal details of seven Almaz special forces officers, who were named the killers of activist Alexander Taraikovsky and those responsible for the injuries to journalists and protesters.
In addition to Telegram channels, IT specialists are trying to fight against security forces and other methods. In particular, the Belarusian game developer Andrei Maksimov demonstrated the work of the program – the identifier of the faces of the Belarusian security forces who beat the protesters. This program analyzes images of security forces wearing protective masks, searches for publicly available photos, and displays personal data on the screen.
The disclosure of these security officers on Telegram channels was a response to harsh arrests of protesters who have been participating in massive street actions since August 9. Participants in these demonstrations believe that the voting results in the presidential elections in Belarus were falsified. According to official data, the victory was won by the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, for whom 80.1% of the voters voted. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations using grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died. Another victim, Roman Bondarenko, is known as the result of a confrontation between unknown masked persons with neighbors in the area. The conflict took place over white, red and white ribbons. The Belarus Investigation Committee said the deceased was drunk. In a comment to TUT.BY, doctors said that Bondarenko’s body had zero ppm of alcohol.
Lukashenko assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On October 2, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against 40 people responsible for falsifying the results of the presidential elections and forcibly suppressing peaceful protests. On November 6, the EU imposed sanctions against Lukashenko, who considers himself president of Belarus, and 14 other Belarusian officials. After Bondarenko’s assassination, the European Union threatened Belarus with new sanctions.
