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One person killed during protests in Minsk, human rights activist says

This happened as a result of special transport colliding with the participants of the protest, the activist said

MINSK, August 10. /TASS/. One person was killed in the protests in Minsk on Sunday, representative of the Viasna human rights center Valentin Stefanovich told TASS in a phone conversation.

"Yes, there is information of one casualty. This happened as a result of special transport colliding with the participants of the protest. Three people were seriously injured, one died as a result of head injury," he said.

TASS has no official information from Belarusian law enforcement on the deceased.