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Authorities at first claimed there was a bomb threat. sniffer dogs on the tarmac we just change the direction of flight and then we go down and to the left. reporter: but there wasn t a bomb. instead, it appears to be a brazen operation by the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko, branded a europe s last dictator by protesters, a staunch ally of president putin. his target, one of his sharpest critics, 26-year-old journalist roman protasevich, who was on board during the emergency landing eyewitnesses say he panicked. computer, like give it to the girlfriend reporter: the plane eventually continued to lithuania without the journalist or his girlfriend on board. now opposition leaders are fearful. i m sure that he s being tortured because he knows a lot of information. reporter: tonight the u.s. is calling for an international investigation, and the eu is telling european airlines to stop flying over belarus. lester okay, sarah, thank you. ....

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