SK Belarus opened a criminal case about false mining Ryanair

Investigative Committee (SK) of Belarus announced the initiation of a criminal case on the fact of a false mining of the Ryanair aircraft, an emergency in Minsk. This is reported by TASS.

“on this fact of the Oktyabrsky (Mr. Minsk) the district department of the Investigative Committee was initiated by a criminal case on the fact of a deliberately false deal of danger in part 1 of article 340 of the Criminal Code,” indicates the Office.

On May 23, the airline Ryanair, who followed the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing in Minsk after mining reports. On board the creator of the Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich was detained. He may threaten the death penalty.

The NEXTA project covered protests against the presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020, he was recognized as a foreign extremist organization and prohibited, and its creators Stepan Putilo and Roman Protasevich are listed in the list of persons involved in terrorist activities. They are accused of organizing mass riots, as well as in the actions aimed at the “initiation of social hostility” in relation to representatives of the authorities and security forces.

/Media reports.