Minsk Police Detain Sputnik Correspondent, At Least 10 Others In Opposition March

Minsk Police Detain Sputnik Correspondent, at Least 10 Others in Opposition March

A Sputnik correspondent in the Belarusian capital of Minsk has been detained along with at least 10 other students at a demonstration on Saturday

MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th October, 2020) A Sputnik correspondent in the Belarusian capital of Minsk has been detained along with at least 10 other students at a demonstration on Saturday.

"I'm detained," the correspondent wrote, shortly after reporting that police had detained 10 protesters at a student's march through the capital.

The opposition march of more than 100 people began at around 12:50 local time (09:50 GMT) near a Minsk university, but was soon dispersed by police in riot gear. At least 10 students had been taken away at the time of the correspondent's detention.