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In Minsk, the "partisan march" of the opponents of Lukashenko was dispersed
On Sunday in Minsk, another opposition rally entitled "Partisan March" takes place.
Armored vehicles, equipped with a system of the so -called mobile barricade to counteract large groups of protesters, advanced to the center of Minsk, where the next mass action of the opposition takes place, Interfax reports.
Law enforcement officers blocked the road with a column of protesters at the beginning of Partisan Prospekt. Then the detention began. The security forces used special equipment.
Eyewitnesses told the agency that in the direction of Partizansky Prospekt, three armored reconnaissance and dorosa vehicles (BRDM-2) were proceeded. They mounted metal barriers to the "mobile barricade" system and the line "line". The BRDM followed by a police SUV with barbed wire in the trailer.
The assault barrier complex "Rubezh" is a Belarusian special complex on a car chassis combining the functions of a barrier complex (mobile barricade) and an assault lamp. It is actively used by Belarusian security forces to suppress mass protests in 2020.
Meanwhile, the number of oppositions detained in the Center of Minsk at least 108 people was an unauthorized action, the Vesna Human Rights Center, not registered in Belarus. Most detained in Minsk.
Among the detainees both participants in the action with white-red-white symbols used by the opposition, and passers-by. People continue to move along the avenue towards the Moscow Ring Road. The number of participants in the march, according to the correspondent of the agency, exceeded 50 thousand people.
Several stations of the Minsk metro, located near Partizansky Prospekt are temporarily closed to the entrance and exit, the press service of the Minsk Metro reports.
Earlier, a column of several thousand people gathered on partisan prospectus and moved towards the Minsk ring road. Thus, they wanted to attract the attention of workers of large metropolitan factories, which are located along the path. This week, the opposition called on the workers of large enterprises to start strikes.
The detentions were also held in Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Dzerzhinsk and Svetlogorsk.
Mass protests began in Belarus after the presidential election on August 9, which was announced by Alexander Lukashenko, who was elected for the sixth time in a row. The most massive shares in which from one hundred to two hundred thousand people take part on Sundays. Protesters demand the resignation of Lukashenko and re -election, accusing the authorities of unprecedented falsifications and of cruelty to the participants in rallies. At least four people died when suppressing protests, six people are missing, the exact number of victims and arrested is still unknown, but the score goes on thousands.
Partisan Prospekt. The security forces have weapons in their hands, about one of them smoke. Smoke is also visible on the road after cotton was heard
- Onliner (@onlinerby) October 18, 2020
Photo: Maxim Tarnalitsky Pic.twitter.com/9zatuqjnx2
The moment of detentions on Partizansky Prospekt.
- Onliner (@onlinerby) October 18, 2020
Photo: Maxim Tarnalitsky Pic.twitter.com/awxotdzxrw
Detention on Aranskaya Street in Minsk. pic.twitter.com/ns7rauh8zp
- tut.by (@tutby) October 18, 2020