Belarusian border guards shoot offender


Border guards had to use weapons to detain an offender in the Pastavy region, injuring the man, BelTA reports with reference to the State Border Committee.

According to the ministry, on the evening of April 27, an unknown person was discovered at one of the outposts of the Smarhon border group.

“He was found in the border zone near the Belarusian-Lithuanian border. The man did not obey the legitimate demands of the border guards to stop and tried to escape.

After repeated warnings of the border guard about the intention to use a weapon and a warning shot fired into the air, the perpetrator received a gunshot wound as a result of the pursuit,” BelTA informs with reference to the State Border Committee

A citizen of Belarus born in 1988 was provided first aid, he was later hospitalized. The state border law violation is currently being investigated.

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