Second member of Belarusian delegation deprived of accreditation at Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned another member of the Belarusian delegation from the Paralympic Games in Rio, BelTA news agency reported.

The agency did not specify his name.

Recall that earlier, a Belarus official who carried a Russian flag into the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games has been banned from the competition. The official, identified by Russian media as Andrei Fomochkin, has had his accreditation for Rio cancelled by the IPC.