Belarus official filmed climbing down ladder with bag thought to contain voting slips – video

Video from a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, appears to show a member of the electoral commission climbing down a ladder from a second-storey window with a bag assumed to contain voting slips.

Clashes broke out in cities across Belarus on Sunday evening as riot police clashed with protesters after Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled for 26 years, claimed a landslide victory in a presidential election marred by allegations of vote-rigging.

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