Suspects confess to Belarus blast
Suspects detained over the Minsk bombing have confessed to carrying out the attack, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced yesterday, ordering the interrogation of opposition figures.
"The crime was solved at 5:00 am. KGB officers and the police needed one day to complete a superb operation and detain the perpetrators without noise and chatter," he said. The security service is still called the KGB in Belarus.
"Today at 5:00 am, they confessed," he said in televised comments.
Taking aim at the opposition who contested his landslide election victory on December 19, he ordered the questioning of anti-government critics in connection with the blast.
"I order a review of all statements made by politicians. We are looking for perpetrators and masterminds. These characters from the so-called 'fifth column' may lay their cards on the table and show who is the mastermind."
Using his characteristic earthy language, the strongman told the security service: "Detain and question, don't pay attention to any kind of democracy and the wails and groans of the pathetic Westerners."
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