on Monday Evening after a relative lull in the afternoon in the city again began to gather crowds of demonstrators, not responding to police calls to disperse. Belarusian law enforcers have prepared in advance and was able to quickly bring the situation under control in the Central districts of the capital, where on Sunday and Monday took uncoordinated action of protest with participation of those who are dissatisfied with the results of the presidential elections held in the country on August 9.
But on the night of Tuesday, the protests spread to the adjacent areas of the street, which regularly escalated into clashes with the security forces. The last few hours of the most intense clashes broke out near metro stations “Pushkinskaya” and “Sports” in the area of Gorky Park and the Bangalore square. The security forces managed to prevent the crowds at the supermarket “Riga”, where the demonstrators had tried to erect barricades and push the protesters from the “Pushkin”.
According to RIA Novosti, although the majority of demonstrators took to the streets without any protection, to the underground “Sports” arrived group of activists in protective gear, including helmets, elbow pads and knee pads. And Sputnik of Belarus reports that protesters threw Molotov cocktails at the Riot police. Law enforcement officers, reportedly working on the scene correspondents of Russian news agencies, used tear gas and stun grenades, and detained the protesters. Victims was given medical help. Accurate data on the number of detainees and there were no injuries.
the internal Affairs Ministry reported that one participant in the demonstrations in Minsk were killed in clashes with riot police. The press-Secretary of Department Olga Chemodanova said that he “tried to throw an unidentified explosive device in the direction of law enforcement,” but it “exploded in his hand, the man received injuries incompatible with life.”
we will Remind, on Sunday, August 9, in Belarus presidential elections were held. According to preliminary data of the CEC of the Republic, the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko won, receiving 80 percent of the vote. Second went to Svetlana Tikhanovski, voted for 10.9 percent of Belarusians.
