Ryanair tourist plane carrying a wanted journalist.An MiG-29 fighter jet was scrambled to escort the flight into an emergency landing in Belarus on Saturday amid reports of a bomb on board.Once the plane landed, an enemy of President Alexander Lukashenko - travelling on the Athens to Vilnius flight - was detained.Reports say he could face the death penalty.
Opposition politicians say that the plane was forced to land in Minsk after a 'bogus threat' that an explosive was on board.They see it as a pretext to detain Roman Protasevich, 26, founder of Polish-based NEXTA, an opposition news outlet.An official Belarus Telegram channel claimed they saved Europe from a terrorist incident in bringing down the Ryanair plane bound for the Lithuanian.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk