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In Brest, the Belarusian police opened fire from his service weapon at protesters, according to the Telegram-channel Baza. The information was confirmed by the official representative of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Republic Olga Chemodanova.

According to her, militiamen met on one of the Brest street company aggressive young people with pieces of rebar in his hands. The protesters attacked the police, who in self-defense, first fired several shots into the air, and then was forced to direct the weapon towards opponents. As a result, one of the attackers was wounded.

“the Weapon was applied to failure to protect the life and health of employees,” leading journalists of Chemodanovka.

In Belarus, as reported by “Rambler” for several days did not subside protest against presidential election results. According to the CEC, the victory in the vote won by the incumbent head of state Alexander Lukashenko, gaining more than 80% of the votes. Supporters of opposition candidates expressed their disagreement with the statement of the CEC, arguing that won closest rival Lukashenko Svetlana Tikhanovski.