Belarus detains 100 people after KGB shootings: Rights group

Arrests reportedly linked to shootings that left an opposition supporter and security officer dead.

Belarus’s most prominent human rights group said on Friday that some 100 people have been detained in the wake of shootings that left an opposition supporter and a security officer dead.

The Viasna human rights centre said the arrests took place in the capital, Minsk, and seven other cities and appeared to be connected to comments made on social media about the incident.

It said those arrested face charges of insulting government officials and inciting “social enmity,” which carry sentences of up to 12 years in prison.