Belarus opposition candidate rejects election result after night of protests
by Andrew Roth in Moscow and Yan Auseyushkin in Minsk from on (#56QSK)
I will believe my own eyes,' says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya after commission says Alexander Lukashenko won landslide
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At least one person has been killed and dozens injured in clashes between riot police and protesters in Belarus in the second night of protests against Alexander Lukashenko after the president claimed victory in elections amid accusations of vote-rigging.
The fighting late on Monday appeared to escalate as police once again employed rubber bullets and stun grenades against demonstrators, while some shot back with fireworks and several Molotov cocktails, according to a Guardian reporter who estimated the crowd at several thousand people.
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