The demonstrators protested on Tuesday against the results of the presidential election in the south of the country. One person was injured by gunfire.
The police in belarus said on Wednesday it had fired guns on demonstrators who were protesting on Tuesday against the results of the presidential election in the south of the country, the fire having injured.
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The protests against the re-election to the presidency of the leader is the authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, in power for 26 years, rocking Minsk, the capital, and several other cities of the country since Sunday evening.
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thousands of arrests
Violently dispersed by the police with stun grenades and rubber bullets, these events have resulted in thousands of arrests and left one person dead and more than 250 injured, according to official figures.
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In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the protesters ‘aggressive’, armed with sticks, metal, attacked police officers at Brest, in the south of the country, according to a press release from the police in belarus. After warning shots “that didn’t stop” the attackers, the police “have had to shoot them with guns” to “protect their lives”, according to the same source. “An assailant was wounded,” said the press release.
