Minsk Police Started Detaining People, Officers Thoroughly Check Journalists' Documents

Minsk Police Started Detaining People, Officers Thoroughly Check Journalists' Documents

Minsk police began to detain the alleged participants of the opposition rally at the Minsk Hero City Obelisk, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene

MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th August, 2020) Minsk police began to detain the alleged participants of the opposition rally at the Minsk Hero City Obelisk, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.

Special forces officers detained a middle-aged woman and put her in a minibus, the correspondent reported.

The police forces are gathered in the area, two fire engines are on duty. Special forces patrols check documents and backpacks of all passers-by. Despite this, small groups of people flock to the area.

RT correspondent Konstantin Pridybailo says he was detained in Minsk.

"I was detained," he said on Telegram.