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Ukraine: huge unrest in Kyiv after two protesters die from gunshot wounds

2014-01-22 56 Dailymotion

At least three demonstrators have died in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv during clashes with riot police. <br /><br />One man reportedly fell to his death from the top of the Dynamo football stadium, which has been the scene of unrest in central Kyiv.<br /><br />Another 20-year-old man was reportedly shot dead. A Reuters cameraman was shown his body which had gunshot wounds to the head.<br /><br />Police deny using any live ammunition against protesters.<br /><br />The latest clashes broke out when police, using teargas, tried to dismantle a protest camp but were repelled by demonstrators hurling home-made petrol bombs.<br /><br />Police say they seized canisters of harmful chemicals which they allege demonstrators were going to use against them.<br /><br />Demonstrators have been protesting against President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to shun a trade pact with the European Union.<br /><br />Events became more violent on Sunday after a mass rally called by the opposition to protest against new legislation coming into force on Wednesday which will ban anti-government protests.

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