MOLDOVA: Scuffles between protesters and police in Chisinau

Record ID: 212784

  • Title: MOLDOVA: Scuffles between protesters and police in Chisinau
  • Date: 9th April 2009
  • Summary: CHISINAU, MOLDOVA (APRIL 8, 2009) (REUTERS) WIDE OF RALLY IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING PEOPLE CHANTING 'DOWN WITH COMMUNISM' PEOPLE CHANTING ' VORONIN GET OUT' EXTERIOR OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING WITH RIOT POLICE GUARDING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS AND POLICE PUSHING EACH OTHER PEOPLE THROWING PLASTIC BOTTLES WIDE OF RALLY PEOPLE HOLDING MOLDOVAN FLAG VARIOUS OF SCUFFLES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS POLICE CORDON IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING RALLY PEOPLE CHANTING 'LIBERTY' PEOPLE AND POLICE PUSH EACH OTHER ***NIGHT SHOTS*** PROTESTERS SHOUTING, BASHING BOTTLES PROTESTERS HOLDING MOLDOVAN FLAG PEOPLE HOLDING POSTER WITH HAMMER AND SICKLE=SWASTIKA PROTESTERS NEAR VICTORY ARCH
  • Embargoed: 24th April 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA35988KRFKG173BXC2FR5T4LD6
  • Story Text: Scuffles between protesters and police in front of the government building in Chisinau but no repeat of Tuesday's violence.
    There were scuffles between anti-communist protesters and police in front of the government building in Chisinau on Wednesday (April 8) but no repeat of Tuesday's violence as night fell in Moldova.
    Opposition parties on wednesday called off further rallies after the violence which erupted during protests by 10,000 people against the victory of the ruling Communist party in Sunday's election.
    Riot police rounded up protesters after clearing them from the president's office -- from whose roof they had waved Moldovan, Romanian and European Union flags -- and from the parliament building to which they had set fire.
    About 1,500 people remained outside the government building which was guarded by dozens of riot police.
    Chanting 'Down with communism!' and 'Voronin get Out' protesters pushed against the police cordon around the government building.
    Protesters threw plastic bottles at police and scuffles broke out but there was no repeat of the violence on Tuesday which left one dead and over 100 people injured.
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