Belarus accused of ‘hijacking’ Ryanair flight diverted to arrest blogger
Belarusian police detain Roman Protasevich in 2017. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP Belarus has been accused of hijacking a European jetliner and engaging in an act of state terrorism when it forced a Ryanair flight to perform an emergency landing in Minsk after a bomb threat and arrested an opposition blogger critical of authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. Roman Protasevich, a former editor of the influential Telegram channels Nexta and Nexta Live, was detained by police after his flight was diverted to Minsk national airport.
Minsk confirmed that Lukashenko ordered his military to scramble a Mig-29 fighter to escort the plane. The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, said the plane had been “hijacked” and accused Lukashenko of.
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