{"id":135444,"date":"2025-04-23T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135444\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"police-claim-to-have-exposed-provocateurs-over-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135444\/","title":{"rendered":"Police claim to have exposed provocateurs over viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 police have boasted of exposing &#8220;active provocateurs who deliberately tried to escalate the situation in the country and manipulate the public opinion&#8221; by spreading speculations on 150,000 Pakistanis coming to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes from the interior ministry one day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/belteanews\/status\/1914608647893643367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> of a brawl in Homiel went viral on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpreading fake stories on the Internet, which create panic and incite ethnic hatred, is prosecuted by law!\u201d the ministry warned yesterday, adding that the fight involved two Moroccans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video created a stir and gave rise to jokes, with some commenters noting that the fighters must be members of the first group of some 150,000 Pakistani workers that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka had promised earlier this month to bring to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are no migration flows from Pakistan or crimes committed by people from that state,&#8221; the ministry said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It accused unspecified accounts of spreading &#8220;fake and provocative information&#8221; on Pakistanis committing crimes in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler announced his intention to invite workers from Pakistan on April 11, when he met in Minsk with the Pakistani prime minister.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ministry issues warning over viral video of fighting foreigners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 22, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has issued a warning after a video of a brawl in Homiel went viral on social media. &quot;Spreading fake stories on the Internet, which create panic and incite ethnic hatred, is prosecuted by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135299\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 police have boasted of exposing &#8220;active provocateurs who deliberately tried to escalate the situation in the country and manipulate the public opinion&#8221; by spreading speculations on 150,000 Pakistanis coming to Belarus. 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