In Belarus, a case was opened against Tikhanovskaya about the preparation of a terrorist attack

BelTA informs about this with reference to Prosecutor General Andrei Shved.

“The General Prosecutor’s Office, on the basis of materials submitted by the State Security Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, initiated a criminal case against Tikhanovskaya and the participants of the so-called BYPOL initiative for the preparation of an act of terrorism by an organized group under Art.

289 of the Criminal Code, ”he said.

According to him, the abovementioned persons tried to carry out explosions and arson in Minsk and other cities a few days ago.

"Detained red-handed citizen Maleichuk has already testified about the organizers and participants in the terrorist attack," the prosecutor general said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrest of a resident of the Pinsk region, suspected of planning to organize terrorist attacks in the military town of Pechi in the Minsk region and in Minsk.

The ministry said that the detainee was instructed to commit terrorist attacks from the BYPOL initiative, which is closely associated with "the so-called Tikhanovskaya Coordination Council."