Teargas, clashes with riot police in Belarus capital as protesters rally over Lukashenko’s projected victory

Belarus police used teargas

Belarus police used teargas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators who gathered in the capital Minsk to protest incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko’s projected election victory, according to preliminary results.

Lukashenko is projected to receive 81.35 percent of the vote, while main opposition candidate, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, is expected to get 8 percent. She refused to acknowledge her defeat saying the results from three polling stations where “there were no falsifications” showed that she was winning. 

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