One person was shot as Belarusian police fired live rounds at a crowd in the city of Brest near the Polish border as protests continue to engulf the country after Sunday’s election.
A group of “aggressive” young men, armed with metal rods, assaulted law enforcers in the southern city, a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The officers fired warning shots in the air but when it failed to have an effect on the attackers, they shot to kill in order to “protect their own life and health.”
One person was injured in the incident, Olga Chemodanova confirmed, without expanding on their current condition.
People were reportedly leaving flowers on a pavement marked by bloodstains that were left by the wounded on one of the central streets of Brest.
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