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How was Roman Protasevich arrested?

  • Caught in a protest

  • Stopped at a checkpoint

  • His flight was diverted and he was arrested

  • Turned in by a friend

Answer

Roman Protasevich was arrested when his flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk, Belarus. The flight was diverted after Belarusian authorities claimed that there was a bomb on board. However, no bomb was found and the diversion was widely seen as an attempt to arrest Protasevich, who is a Belarusian journalist and opposition activist.
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