Czech Journalist Beaten Up
A Czech reporter from the popular newspaper “Mlada Fronta Dnes” Jan Rybar that was beaten up in Minsk, 200 meters from October square, told his story to RFE/RL Belarus service today. He thinks he “underestimated the dangers” of covering the protests on October square: he was attacked several hundred meters away from the square, in a dark tunnel. The unidentified attackers took his computer and satellite phone. So, Jan Rybar thinks it could also be just a regular robbery, but he thinks it’s quite likely that Belarusian KGB was involved in this attack.
Czech foreign minister was notified and is planning to protest. [1]
