“Near the stele“ Minsk - Hero City ”, the police used tear gas,” the message says.
The agency also reports that law enforcement officers used tear gas against protesters in Grodno.
The Interior Ministry said that they do not yet have information about the victims near the stele. This was stated by the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Olga Chemodanova, who is now in the operational-situational headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Earlier it was reported that the arrests of protesters who disagreed with the results of the presidential elections in Belarus began in the center of Minsk. The detentions began on Victory Square near the "Minsk - Hero City" stele. It is also reported that police officers used flash-noise grenades against demonstrators.