Ukrainian Clashes Turn Deadly as Police Granted Emergency Powers
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
granted new powers to tackle demonstrators readying another mass rally.
After a third night of street violence, two dead bodies with gunshot wounds were found at a medical point set up by protesters, Interior Ministry spokesman Serhiy Burlakov said today. Reports that a 22-year-old died in hospital after being beaten and falling are being probed, he said. The U.S. said it would annul visas of persons linked to violence last year.
“I am extremely concerned about the dramatic developments in Ukraine and the reports of several deaths in Kiev,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an e-mailed statement. “It is urgent that all parties engage in a real dialogue, show restraint and avoid any further escalation,”
President Viktor Yanukovych is struggling to stem rallies against his November snub of a European Union cooperation deal, with police crackdowns fanning people’s anger. The anti-protest legislation passed last week backfired by turning a Jan. 19 demonstration violent. The situation could spiral out of the authorities’ control, Russia’s foreign minister said yesterday.
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Scary stuff happening in Kyiv right now. As someone who has family over in Ukraine, I can only hope and pray for peace.
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