Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that during an operation in the city of Grodno, special services seized weapons and explosives that were to be used for terrorist attacks on officials and other people.

"The special services did a brilliant job. "The entire arsenal of weapons and explosives that were intended for high-profile terrorist attacks on citizens and officials of government agencies has been seized," Lukashenko said at today's meeting with security officials, according to the Russian state news agency. Tas.

"So, our guys did a good job: in such a difficult situation, when the terrorists used grenades and weapons, not a single operative of the Alpha group was killed." Good operation, good job," he added. He emphasized that this event is "another message". "We must be ready for all events," said the Belarusian leader.

It was previously reported that agents of the Belarusian State Security Committee arrested an armed foreigner who had infiltrated the country and was planning a terrorist attack. The foreigner resisted the agents by firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades. The National Security Committee is still investigating the incident.