CARNAGE IN EUROPE AGAIN - AS UKRAINE POLICE SNIPERS KILL DOZENS OF PROTESTORS

Bodies litter the streets as Kiev plunges into new savagery: Police snipers use live ammunition and protestors take officers hostage

• At least 50 people have died in clashes in Kiev that came just days after the crisis in the Ukraine seemed to be over
• Ukraine's Interior ministry says 67 police troops have been captured by protesters in Kiev
• Several thousand protesters remained on Independence Square in Kiev and clashed with police on Thursday

Violence exploded on the streets of Kiev again yesterday as clashes between riot police and protesters plumbed new depths of savagery.  The bodies of 20 civilians lay strewn on the ground after riot police were authorised to use live ammunition in place of rubber bullets.  There were reports of snipers firing at protesters.  Dr Oleh Musiy, the top medical coordinator for the opposition, said at least 70 demonstrators were killed and more than 500 injured.

 

And, in a chilling twist, the demonstrators took at least 67 police officers hostage, according to Ukraine’s interior ministry.

Dozens of bullet-riddled bodies were seen by reporters laid out in white sheets on the marble floors of hotels around Independence Square, known as Maidan.

 

As support for President Yanukovych began to crumble, there were reports of his family and top officials leaving the country with suitcases of cash.

Read more and see shocking pictures of violence in this European city.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564289/Bodies-litter-streets-Kiev-plunges-new-savagery.html

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