Explosions At Celebratory Fireworks In Minsk: Photo Report

What was going on at the scene of the tragedy

During the fireworks on the official "Independence Day" on July 3, an accident happened in Minsk. According to eyewitnesses, several shells exploded too low. An elderly woman was killed by shrapnel wounds. At least three more people were injured. The information has been confirmed by the official agencies. Here's what the Svaboda correspondents saw at the scene.

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The approximate place of a woman's fatal wound during the fireworks in Minsk on July 3 on a Google map.

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Shrapnel and blood on the Svislach embankment near the Dynamo sports complex, where the woman was wounded during the fireworks.

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This fragment was found by the personnel of the food tent, which is located in front of the woman's death place.

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All the Svislach embankment near the sports complex is covered with plastic and cardboard fragmentation.

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Law enforcement has sealed off the scene.

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Broken windows in the Dynamo Sports Complex on Dauman Street in Minsk, near which the woman died.

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Firefighters near the house at 4 Cherviakov Street (a few hundred meters from the death of a woman), where the fireworks of July 3 smashed out the windows.

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The windows are smashed out in the house at 4 Cherviakov Street.