Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Yuri Karayev has apologized for the actions of police officers during the protests, reports Sputnik-Belarus.

“I take responsibility and apologize for the injuries caused to random people during the protests,” Karayev told ONT.

According to him, ‘there were 11 premeditated attacks on law-enforcement officers’ in the course of three days. The minister also stated that the majority doesn’t support the protests.

Over 200 have been injured and over 6,000 have been arrested during the protests that began in Belarus on August 9.