Security forces used tear gas against protesters in Minsk. This was reported by Interfax with reference to eyewitness statements.
They also reported mass arrests in the Pushkinskaya metro area, where opposition supporters began to gather. According to eyewitnesses, several minibuses with law enforcement officers drove up to one of the groups. Before the arrest, tear gas from spray cans was sprayed in their direction, they noted.
Witnesses to the incidents reported that at the moment three dozen people have already been detained, including journalists. It is noted that the detentions continue.
Earlier it was reported that law enforcement officers detained about ten participants in an unauthorized opposition rally in the north-west of Minsk.
Mass protests have been taking place across Belarus for three months over the official results of the August 9 presidential election, according to which Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote. The Belarusian leader himself has repeatedly stated that the West is behind what is happening.
