Posted on 04/16/2014 2:04:47 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Four people have reportedly been injured by gunfire in a confrontation between anti-Maidan protesters and soldiers stationed at an Interior Ministry base in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
A group of several dozen protesters arrived at the base, located in the turbulent Donetsk region, on Wednesday evening.
They called on the troops to abandon the base, but the soldiers didn't listen, the demonstrators said.
Instead, the troops opened fire at the protesters, injuring at least four people. One of them took a bullet in his chest and is in serious condition, according to protesters.
Some local media claimed the protesters were armed with Molotov cocktails, which they used in the confrontation, but no evidence of this was immediately available.
Media reports also say that several stray bullets hit a nearby resident building and shattered a window.
Unconfirmed reports put the number of casualties higher, with four people killed and as many as 12 injured.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
From twitter, it looks like open combat has broken out in Mariupol. Reports of cars on fire, casualties being taken to hospital.
Tweet from “euroMadan PR”, before the shooting started.
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Now we know where the Right Sector bunch went. Some may be meeting Sashko Bilyi in skinhead paradise very soon.
Local Mauripol website now reporting 13 injured.
Tweet from Gulliver Cragg - France24:
Mariupol resident Sasha says police being evacuated from interior ministry building there, police advised Sasha to leave town too.
Tweet from Kevin Bishop Acting Bureau Chief, BBC Moscow:
Reports of casualties tonight in Mariupol on south coast of Ukraine. Isolated volence spreading, ever the danger it will tip over edge.
Video from a distance of gunfire at the Ukraine base in Mauripol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFIM5KhbOl0#t=40
Another, much closer video.
Shows shooting from both sides, molotovs being thrown over a high wall.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEjhw5T3RCI&feature=youtu.be
TWEET:
Reports say 2 more people were wounded by gun shots in Mariupol city tonight. They were passerby, belong to no group and are in hospital now
I guess President Thieu is loosing control...../sarc...
Hopefully RT got it right this time.
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