BelTA informs about this with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic.
The attack took place at about 16:30 on Hromadovskaya Street.
The police officers returned to the district department and noticed a man "who showed obscene gestures and was in a state of strong alcoholic intoxication."
“Our employees stopped to investigate. At that time, an aggressive citizen took out two kitchen knives and attacked the policemen, ”the Interior Ministry said.
One policeman received a stab wound in the occipital region, the second - a cut wound in the lower leg.
The suspect - a 60-year-old unemployed local resident - was detained.
Earlier, three protesters were detained in Minsk, suspected of damaging a police car.