Belsat Operator Beaten Up When Detained

The journalist is at Akrestsina.

During a stream from one of the "polling stations" in Minsk, four policemen beat up operator Andrei Kozel. The journalist was an "observer" in the "elections" and was covering them in his private account on Facebook, Belsat reports.

First, Kosel was taken to the Tsentralny District police department. Journalist Volha Chaichyts saw how he was taken out of the car. According to preliminary information, he is charged with "attacking policemen." According to journalist Volha Chaichyts, "his head had been hit against glass, it was bleeding."

The latest news about Andrei Kozel – a stream from the police department

"They gave four blows on the head," – Andrei managed to write on Facebook.

The Tsentralny District police department of Minsk informed that a man named Andrei Kozel had not been brought to them.

Later it became known that Kozel was taken to the detention center in Akrestsin Street.

Andrei Kozel will be tried in the Tsentralny District court of Minsk on Monday.