Ukraine: US condemns Odessa violence as dozens die

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4. "Both sides" were not throwing bombs.

There is a video right on this site that people can see the entire thing. The riot that burned the camp and forced the "anti-maidan" into the building was on a trajectory. The "barricades" were in defense because those who they got ahold of were beaten and in danger of being killed. There was no resistance and it is all there for people to see. It was mass murder pure and simple.

If you are convinced those in the building were "Russian paramilitaries" or such just look at the video. At one point you can see several of what are obviously civilians, one a woman, on the roof. They all died. I am still trying to verify but it sounds like there may have been a few children in the building as well.

There was a clash before the incident and it needs to be investigated as well. There was a gunman that fired on one of the crowds but it is not clear who they fired on, at least on the reports from Odessa news. It sounds like one of the "pro-Kiev" members was killed and whoever did that should be brought to justice and possibly another from the anti-maidan was killed earlier.
There also was apparently another camp that had been burned down earlier as well, but details are not available or I have not found them.

This is a picture of the group preparing the molotov cocktails before the incident.




Here is another link to the video I mentioned. Most of the event up to where they force them into the building are there. They continued to throw additional bombs to stoke the fire even after it was clear what was happening. They were also beating and throwing bricks at the police as well.