During the storming of an apartment in Minsk, a KGB officer was shot

The ministry said in a statement that the offender shot at law enforcement officers to kill.

- ... as a result of which an employee of the State Security Committee was mortally wounded, - the department clarifies.

The attacker was liquidated by return fire.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus said that the KGB officers acted on the basis of the law on the security body, BelTA informs.

“Based on the current situation, firearms were used in response to the armed attack, causing the offender the injuries from which he died”, the Belarusian supervisory agency said.

In addition, they assured that the Minsk resident was "reasonably suspected of committing especially dangerous crimes related to terrorism".