In the center of Minsk, on Independence Square, a man tried to commit suicide. Telegram-channel “Sputnik Near Abroad” reports about it.
He doused himself with gasoline near the Government House. Whether the man is alive is unknown.
The investigative-operational group is working at the scene. “The person has been hospitalized. Now all the circumstances of the incident are being established,” said Olga Chemodanova, an official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
In September last year, a 36-year-old man died in the city of Smolevichi, Minsk region, who tried to commit suicide in protest. Before attempting suicide, the man rang the doorbell of the building of the district department of internal affairs. A police officer ran out of there and put out the fire. Relatives believe that alcohol was most likely the cause of the incident.
In Belarus, for the sixth month, the massive protests that began after the presidential elections on August 9 continue. According to official results, Alexander Lukashenko, who ran for a sixth term, received 80 percent of the vote. The opposition considers the elections to be rigged. Four people were killed in clashes with security forces.