KIEV, Jan 22 (Reuters) – New clashes broke out on Wednesday
in the Ukrainian capital Kiev between police and protesters
demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovich and
demonstrators said one of the crowd had been shot dead.
The protesters said the demonstrator had died of gunshot
wounds during the clashes. This was not immediately confirmed by
the Ukrainian authorities, but a Reuters cameraman was shown the
body of a man identified as a protester who had gunshot wounds.
The witnesses said police had tried to dismantle a protest
camp set up by demonstrators angered by Yanukovich’s decision to
shun a trade pact with the European Union. Police fired teargas
and the protesters threw petrol bombs.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Writing by Timothy Heritage,
Editing by Elizabeth Piper)
