3,000 people have been placed in police custody in Belarus for taking part in unauthorized gatherings during post-election demonstrations on Sunday,

The interior minister who made this known alleged some protesters of sparking clashes with police while explaining in a statement that 1,000 of the detentions were in the capital Minsk and the rest in other parts of the country.

 According to report, the protesters in Minsk had lit flares, erected blockades, scattered nails, and spikes on roads and thrown objects including paving stones at the police causing fifty civilians and 39 police officers to be injured in the clashes in the capital.

 The minister also added that no military weapons were used against the perpetrators and there were no fatalities as Minsk police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas overnight to disperse thousands rallying in support of opposition challenger, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya after Sunday’s election, which announced the longtime rule, Alexander Lukashenko as the winner.

However, a report from a prominent rights group, Viasna revealed today that a protester had been killed in the crackdown after suffering a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a police vehicle.