Hundreds of riot police and interior ministry troops used armored vehicles, stun grenades and rubber bullets against thousands of demonstrators protesting the election.
Protests broke out against the results of a presidential election that gave the country's authoritarian leader an overwhelming majority of the vote amid accusations of widespread ballot rigging.
MINSK, BELARUS - AUGUST 09: Protesters and riot police clash during a protest against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's claim of a landslide victory on August 9, 2020 in Minsk, Belarus. Lukashenko is seeking to extend his 26-year rule amid a wave of public protests, partly inspired by the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as broader economic issues.
In the posts, people were urged to buy helmets and other protective gear from building supplies stores, as well as first aid equipment, in anticipation of fresh violence from the police. Demonstrators rally after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, late Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Belarus police and protesters clashed in the capital and the city of Brest Sunday night after a presidential election in which longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth consecutive presidential term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule and his cavalier dismissal of the coronavirus pandemic.
“You understand, it’s a holiday. And somebody wanted to spoil this holiday. We saw them -- they showed themselves ever brighter this night. From Poland, Britain, the Czech Republic, there were calls, directing our, forgive me, our sheep,” Lukashenko said. The new crackdown and allegations of a stolen election could now pose a challenge to that rapprochement.
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