9 Killed in Violent Kiev Clashes After Weeks of Calm

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KIEV, Ukraine — At least nine people, including two police officers and seven protestors, are reportedly dead after a new round of violence broke out in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Tuesday when protesters and police clashed one block away from the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament.

One protestor suffocated in smoke at the Party of Regions office; three other dead bodies were found at the Officers' House (two with gunshot wounds and one with road accident injuries); another died in an ambulance, also from a gunshot wound; and two more died from heart attacks, Kiev police told Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Read more...