According to Lukashenka, the organizers of the protests "threw the boys at bayonets." He also said that the protesters tried to provoke the police.
“You noticed that they were already trying to take by storm either the ROVD or the Internal Affairs Directorate. They are in Novogrudok and Korelichi, in my opinion, this information is confirmed, they wanted to take the authorities by storm, ”BelTA quotes him.
He also said that the organizers of the actions “threw 200-300 people” to the south of Belarus, where the building of the regional executive committee was surrounded in one of the cities.
“The border guards had to intervene - the border detachment is based there,” the Belarusian leader said.
On August 9, presidential elections were held in Belarus. Against the background of the elections, protests took place in 33 settlements of the country.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that 39 security officials and 50 civilians were injured during the protests. It was also reported about the detention of about 3 thousand people.