Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plan

Monday, 24 May 2021Newsdesk

Western countries have expressed outrage at the forced diversion of a plane carrying a Belarusian activist on an internal EU flight on Sunday.EU leaders are due to discuss their response to what the union's executive called a "hijacking" and the US state department said was "a shocking act".

New Delhi, 24 May 2021

As per news report of BBC, Belarus forced the plane, which was bound for Lithuania, to land in Minsk claiming a bomb threat to the aircraft.It arrested the Belarusian journalist and activist Roman Protasevich.The 26-year-old was aboard the Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens. The aircraft was due to land in Vilnius but was still in Belarusian airspace when Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and diverted it to the country's capital.Witnesses said the activist was "super-scared" and told fellow passengers he would face the death penalty.

Source -BBC