Shooting in Maidan, wounded reported
A mass fight with fire guns happened in Maidan in Kyiv at Sunday to Monday night on July 7.
According to the information provided via facebook by the Central Council of Maidan Hundreds, "it was a provocation with shooting...Those who attacked covered their faces with masks. The alerted hundreds chased the attackers away but a new attack may happen before the morning…".
Eye-witnesses claim that the attack happened at about 1 a.m. 40 people in masks, divided into two groups, attacked from the direction of Shevchenko and Hrynchenko Way.
"They were catching people with non-Slavonic appearance. They did not demolish the tents but dragged the people out of there. The attackers were armed with chains, knuckles, bats. 10-15 Maidan people were hurt... 10 people strived to defend them. There was a Kalashnikov machine-gun! First there was shooting in the air, then in those who attacked. 2 people in a serious condition are in the ambulance... ", writes Twitter user @tombreadley.
There have been no official comments on the incident so far.
