Death toll in Odessa rises to 46 people, 144 detained ; OSCE observers free (LIVE UPDATES)

Odessa : l’enquête est bouclée, pour la police, ce sont les séparatistes occupant l’immeuble qui y ont mis accidentellement le feu en lançant des cocktails Molotov sur les passants pacifiques…

Police say pro-Russians accidentally set fatal Odessa fire with Molotov cocktails
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Preliminary findings from an Interior Ministry investigation suggest that pro-Russian separatists in Odesa accidentally set the trade union building on fire with Molotov cocktails. 

According to an Interior Ministry statement, separatists on April 2 broke into the trade union building and barricaded themselves inside. They then from the roof started throwing Molotov cocktails and shooting with firearms at “peaceful citizens.” 

Some of the incendiary devices hit the building causing a fire that eventually killed more than 40 people, said the Interior Ministry statement.

Odessa : 46 morts, incendie de l’immeuble des syndicats

Dozens of people killed in Odessa as Trade Union goes up in flames (UPDATES, VIDEO)
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Dozens of people were killed in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa on May 2 after the city’s Trade Union building went up in flames following clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian groups.

The blaze marked Ukraine’s deadliest day since more than 70 people were killed on Independence Square during the EuroMaidan Revolution in Kyiv on Feb. 20, most of the 105 killed in those demonstrations.

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Death toll in Odessa rises to 46 people, 144 detained; OSCE observers free (LIVE UPDATES)
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According to Interfax Ukraine news services, the death toll in Odessa has reached 46 people killed during clashes and a fire on May 2, Odessa Oblast prosecutor Ihor Borshuliak told reporters at a press conference on Saturday. He said that law enforcement officers have launched several inquiries, including into police professional negligence. A total of 144 persons have been detained as a part of criminal proceedings. According to the Odessa City Council, as of 9 a.m. on May 3, 214 people came to hospitals of Odessa. Of this number, 88 have been hospitalized, including a 17-year-old boy. — Brian Bonner