Belarus elections on Sunday have resulted in increased tensions between democratic opposition protestors and the Lukashenko regime which have finally boiled over with reports of a police crackdown occurring in the capital city of Minsk.
What began initially as a peaceful protest has turned into utter chaos and violence leaving multiple people severely injured.
On Twitter, multiple videos and photos have emerged from the Euromaidan Press and local journalists showing police firing rubber bullets into crowds of protesters as well as using water cannons to disperse the crowd.
A dramatic crackdown is happening this very minute in Minsk #Belarus – a shielded police cordon is advancing on thousands of Belarusians protesting against falsified #BelarusPresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/IVQEU1UvHE
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) August 9, 2020
There have also been reports of what appear to be a police vehicles ramming into protesters with ambulances subsequently appearing to pick up bodies lying on the ground. It remains unknown as to whether anyone has been killed as a result of the violence.
In this video, you can see how a police car runs into a crowd and hits a man pic.twitter.com/4DokyOXHEv
— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 9, 2020
[Sensitive content] Many people were wounded near the obelisk pic.twitter.com/COifRESfmZ
— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 9, 2020