Belarusian authorities diverted a fighter jet bound for Lithuania in order to arrest an oppositional journalist on board, according to multiple reports.

Officials from Belarus called in a false bomb threat on Sunday to force a Ryanair plane, which originated in Athens, Greece, and was bound for Vilnius in Lithuania, to land and then detained journalist Roman Protasevich when the plane landed in Minsk, Reuters reported. The plane was diverted just two minutes before it was set to enter Lithuanian airspace, and the plane took off again after several hours in Minsk en route to Vilnius, a top European Union official told the outlet.