Belarusian riot cop who crushed 2020 protests killed fighting for Russia
Aliaksandr Luhouski, former employee of Belarus’ Interior Ministry / фота з сацсетак
A former Minsk riot police officer involved in crushing the 2020 protests has been killed in the war in Ukraine.
Aliaksandr Luhouski fought on Russia’s side and died during the first year of the full-scale invasion, one day before his 32nd birthday.
Records about Luhouski were found was found in a database of killed fighters compiled by Mediazona. His date of birth is listed as December 19, 1990. The profile notes that he was a “foreigner” and connected to a private military company.
A person with the same personal data appears in databases compiled after the 2020 protests in Belarus. According to those records, Aliaksandr Luhouski worked as a police driver in the 1st company, 3rd platoon of the Minsk riot police unit under the Minsk City Executive Committee’s Interior Directorate.
The records also state that he took an active part in crushing peaceful protest actions and received encouragement from his superiors for particular brutality and eagerness to please the leadership.
Luhouski’s date of death is listed as December 18, 2022.
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