Protests in Belarus: police start shooting – Belarus news



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All over Belarus on Sunday, September 20 massive protests took place, In Brest, the police fired a warning shot into the air and sprayed tear gas in the faces of the protesters.

TUT.BY reports about it on Telegram.

In the published video, the security forces broke into the crowd of protesters, screams are heard, one of the people is arrested, dragging him by the hair. People begin to disperse, a sound like a gunshot is heard.

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

According to the Belarusian human rights center Viasna, 89 people were arrested in Minsk on September 20. In other cities, where the actions were also carried out, 50 people were arrested. This information is as of 20:30, the lists are constantly updated and added.

Among the detainees there was a pregnant woman. Later, according to human rights activists, she was released.

As reported by “Apostrophe”, on September 20 in Minsk on the roof of the Independence Palace, the working residence of Alexander Lukashenko, snipers from the President’s Security Service were noticed.



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