“We need an independent international investigation into this incident,” the agency said in a statement on Twitter.

The message also emphasizes the need for the urgent release of the founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus, Roman Protasevich.

Earlier, a Ryanair plane on a flight from Athens to Vilnius urgently landed in Minsk.

According to reports, this was due to a bomb report on board.

The founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus, Roman Protasevich, was flying in this airliner, who was detained after landing.

According to the latest data, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case in connection with the false mining of the plane.