Belarus detains dozens after KGB agent and opposition supporter killed in shootout captured on camera

Kyiv, Ukraine — Belarus' most prominent human rights group said Friday that some 100 people have been detained in the wake of a shootout that left an opposition supporter and a security officer dead. The Viasna human rights center said the detentions took place in the capital, Minsk, and seven other cities and appeared to be connected to comments made on social media about the incident, which was caught on camera by members of Belarus' KGB security agency.

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