Belarus opposition candidate implies threat to children after leaving country

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya left for Lithuania after election result prompted protest action

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main opposition candidate in Sunday's disputed elections in Belarus, has left the country after an apparent threat to her children.

Opposition supporters took the streets of the capital, Minsk, and several other cities for the third night running on Tuesday despite a huge police crackdown as anger at the 26-year rule of president Alexander Lukashenko continued to grow.