People mourn victims on anniversary of fire killing dozens in Trade Union House in Odesa
Source: Kyiv Post
Amid a heavy military and police presence in the port city of Odesa commemorations were held to remember those killed a year ago in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city.
A deadly fire that erupted on May 2, 2014 at the Trade Union House during clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian groups. Altogether, 42 people were killed in the fire and as many as six others in other violence that day.
Most of the victims were anti-government activists who were caught in a fire inside the building.
The clashes left the city divided as more than a dozen mysterious bomb explosions, mostly at pro-government offices and buildings, occurred over the past year.
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Activists hang a banner in front of the Trade Union House in Odesa in southern Ukraine on May 2 in memory of the people who died in a fire there on May 2, 2014
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