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In Brest, the paratroopers were attracted to the suppression of protests
The paratroopers were attracted to the suppression of protests in Brest, Sputnik reports with reference to the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Brest -Executive Committee of Alexander Astreiko. The units of the landing and scenery brigade were used to cordon.
“Units of the 38th brigade were used only as part of the cordon of those sites in which order was already put up, and in order to prevent other offenders from returning there and take some actions again,” said Astraiko.
According to the agency, about 300 people in Brest were brought to administrative responsibility. The number of detainees is not specified.
On August 11, a tough skirmish of local residents with the police took place in Brest, the Virtual Brest publication reports. Protesters blocked the road with concrete shops, broke off paving slabs and threw it into riot police. Stones and bottles flew towards law enforcement officers. And the protesters themselves complained about injuries from rubber bullets and light -school grenades.
“The situation is so different from yesterday's protests in Brest - which were also very massive and large -scale, but peaceful and correct - that it seems that this is not the city and the wrong people,” the correspondent of the publication from the scene reported.
In the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, they recognized that in Brest, the security forces shot at the participants of the rally “to defeat”. Moreover, the press service of the department said that the police used combat weapons, but then it was edited, Medusa reports .
On Wednesday, August 12, in Belarus they are preparing for new protests. Military equipment was introduced into Brest, local residents saw how it was moving towards the city center.
The protests in Belarus last the fourth day. They began on August 9, immediately after the end of the president’s election. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 6 thousand people were detained throughout the country for three days.