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Posted by: Daniela Socolovschi
News / International
13 Aug. 2020 / 09:44
Belarus: Second protester dies and 6,000 arrested in protests
A second protester has died in violent demonstrations that were sparked by Sunday's disputed election result in Belarus, the country's Investigative Committee said in a statement.
The 25-year-old man died in a hospital in Gomel, in the south-east, after being arrested on Sunday during an "unauthorised demonstration", it added.
The statement did not specify the date of the protester's death but said his health "suddenly deteriorated" while he was in detention, euronews.com reports.
The clashes have also left one person dead in Minsk and police said they opened fire with live ammunition in Brest, in the south-west, leaving one injured.
Lukashenko has been accused of rigging the ballot after Sunday's election, which the authorities say gave the long-standing authoritarian leader a sixth term with a landslide 80% of the vote.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she made the decision "absolutely independently" to leave adding the current situation in Belarus was "not worth any life," referencing the violent protests.
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