"Almaz" commander discharged

The Minister of Internal Affairs Anatol Kuliashou discharged the commander of the special forces unit against terrorism "Almaz" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Mikalaj Karpenkau.  This was found out by the on-line newspaper Naviny.by, although the representatives of the department of information and public relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs failed to provide any official comments to the newspaper. They said that the order on Colonel Karpenkau's discharge had not been "conveyed to their service". 

"Almaz" warriors participated in the dispersal of the opposition demonstration on December 19-20 and in detention of its participants. Naviny.by suppose that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had pretensions to the commander of the special forces unit in this regard. 

A 42-year-old colonel Karkenkau headed the special forces unit since 2003.