Tons of arrested in Minsk as protesters goal for elite district the place Lukashenko’s prime officers dwell

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Protesters in Minsk tried to make their technique to the elite district the place prime Belarusian authorities officers reside, however have been met by a big police drive on the way in which. At the very least 400 folks have been arrested throughout Sunday’s protests.

Hundreds of individuals took half in Sunday’s protest towards President Alexander Lukashenko, which the pro-opposition social media dubbed “the march of heroes.” As an alternative of beginning within the middle of the capital like most earlier rallies, Sunday’s march aimed for the luxury Drozdy district, which hosts the homes of the nation’s prime politicians and enterprise figures, together with one of many residences of President Lukashenko.

Telegram channels coordinating the protests notably leaked the addresses of a number of officers forward of the march, with the protesters being inspired to “pay them a go to.”

Nevertheless, when the column of demonstrators approached the flip to Drozdy, they have been met with an enormous police drive in riot gear cordoning off the way in which with fences.

In the meantime, footage shot close to Lukashenko’s official residence not far off from the scene confirmed armored automobiles and barbed wire deployed in anticipation of the ‘march of heroes.’

Movies confirmed protesters being repelled and redirected, with many marching on within the course of the residential space.

One other clip surfaced on social media displaying a masked man in civilian clothes taking pictures his pump rifle into the air and demonstrators fleeing.

The Inside Ministry initially denied the reviews of gunshots, however then stated that one among its officers was pressured to make use of the weapon to stop “unlawful motion” by the protesters, who tried to cease regulation enforcers from making an arrest.

The group spent round an hour exterior Lukashenko’s residence, chanting anti-government slogans however remaining peaceable. After apparently realizing that the elite district was off limits, the demonstrators moved out to the central a part of town.

The police made quite a few arrests in a number of elements of Minsk through the day. At the very least 400 folks have been detained, in keeping with a police spokeswoman.

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Giant-scale protests have been going down in Belarus because the contested election on August 9, by which Lukashenko gained his sixth time period as president, claiming 80 p.c of the vote. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has since fled to Lithuania, insists that she gained extra votes and that the depend was rigged.

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