Ministry of Internal Affaires: About 700 people took part in Minsk action dated for Freedom Day

According to the police, about 700 people took part in the action dated for the Day of Freedom in Minsk on March 25. The head of the information and public relations department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Aleh Slepchanka claimed that the information had been confirmed. The preliminary number was about a thousand people. A.Slepchanka noted that violations of the legislation had been registered during the action. One of them was the fact that some participants of the manifestation headed towards Pyatrus Brouka Street. The policeman noted that they were provoking the police and even entered the trafficway.  A.Slepchanka also said that some participants were burning portraits of the leader of the state. The Office of the Public Prosecutor will counsel the situation, summed up the policeman.

Let us remind you that the Minister of Internal Affairs Uladzimir Navumau also claimed that 700 people would take part in the action in Minsk.

BelaPAN