Belarus protests: Taxi driver helps man escape police as hundreds detained after inauguration

An unnamed taxi driver has become an online sensation after he helped a man escape from baton-wielding riot police during protests in Minsk against President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday as security forces in Belarus detained over 300 people at anti-government protests.

The movie-like dramatic incident was shared online and shows the taxi driver apparently makes a split-second judgment, lurches into the opposite lane and briefly mounts the pavement before speeding away despite the angry shouts of the policemen.

The protesters accuse Lukashenko, who has led his country for 26 years, of rigging the Aug. 9 presidential election, a charge he denies.

Lukashenko, 66, was sworn in for a new term in an inauguration held without prior notice and denounced as illegitimate by the opposition, the European Union and the United States.

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