Belarus Armed Forces Shoot Protester In Cold Blood With His Hands Up, Just Standing In Front Of Them

A new video broadcasted by @euroradio shows how protester Alexander Taraikovsky really died on August 10, 2020 in Pushkin Square in Minsk, proving how Luksahenko 's government tried to cover up his murder by the Belarusian armed forces.

The video shows 34-year-old Taraikovsky (as identified by the Conflict Intelligence Team and confirmed by his wife) moving towards the armed forces with his hands up in the air. He has nothing in his hands. He throws nothing towards their direction. Next, you hear a shot. Taraikovsky stops and lowers his hands and slowly falls to the ground.

Both videos undeniably refute the claim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus that stated: "During the confrontation with the riot police, who arrived to clear the area, one of the protesters tried to throw an unidentified explosive device in the direction of the law enforcement forces. The device exploded in his hands and the man received injuries fatal to his life."

But both videos now show Taraikovsky holding nothing in his hands, on the contrary, he holds his arms up in the air.

Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus took to the streets again on Saturday 15th of August to demand that the country’s authoritarian leader resign after a presidential vote they called fraudulent. The main protest was held on the spot where Alexander Taraikovsky was shot dead while his funeral was being held.

Saturday was the 7nth consecutive day of large protests and riots against Alexander Lukashenko where more than 7,000 anti-government protesters were detained and tortured inside jails and police stations across Belarus.

During Saturday’s protest, many protesters pulled off their shirts to show the bruises and the wounds they suffered from police beatings. Others carried pictures of loved ones beaten so badly they could not attend the protest. They laid a mass of flowers in tribute to Alexander Taraikovsky, piling into a mound of about 1.5 meters tall, as passing cars blared their horns.

Instead of hearing the people, the answer of Lukashenko was an announcement that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to provide security assistance to restore order if Belarus requested it, following a phone call between the two of them. Lukashenko did not specify what sort of assistance Russia would be willing to provide, but it’s quite obvious. He said that “when it comes to the military component, we have an agreement with the Russian Federation,” referring to a mutual support deal the two former Soviet republics signed back in the 1990s. “These are the moments that fit this agreement,” he added.