Man killed by Belarus security forces worked for U.S.-based EPAM -firm

FILE PHOTO: Participants hold portraits of Andrei Zeltser, an IT worker with U.S. company EPAM Systems, during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV (Reuters) - A man shot dead by Belarusian security forces in a raid on an apartment block was an employee of EPAM Systems, a U.S.- based software firm, the company said on Thursday.

Belarusian authorities reported that KGB officers shot dead a 31-year-old man and arrested his wife on Tuesday after he resisted law enforcement officers. They did not confirm his identity or media reports that the man may have been a U.S. citizen.