Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
Pro-Russian protesters break windows at a police station building in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Several prisoners that were detained during clashes that erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast were released under the pressure of protesters that broke into a local police station and received a hero’s welcome by crowds. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A man cries after being released from a local police station which was stormed by pro-Russian protesters in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Several prisoners that were detained during clashes that erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast were released under the pressure of protesters that broke into a local police station and received a hero’s welcome by crowds. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A man is greeted by supporters after being released from a local police station which was stormed by pro-Russian protesters in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Several prisoners that were detained during clashes that erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast were released under the pressure of protesters that broke into a local police station and received a hero’s welcome by crowds. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
An Orthodox priest, right, blesses a pro-Russian activist as people gather to honor the memory of fallen comrades during fighting with pro-Ukrainian activists in Odessa on Friday, at the barricades in front of the administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Ukraine’s prime minister on Sunday visited the city where a horrific blaze killed dozens of pro-Russian demonstrators during political riots — seeking to defuse mounting tensions by calling the deaths a “tragedy for all Ukraine.” (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A child walks carrying a shield back dropped by police troops guarding the burnt trade union building in Odessa, Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014, where more than 30 people died trying to escape during clashes the day before. Odessa had been largely tranquil since the February toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia. But clashes erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast, located 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
Ukrainian police officers remove shields which their comrades from another unit layed down earlier outside the police headquarter in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Hundreds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed police headquarters in Odessa on Sunday and won the release of 67 people detained after deadly clashes in the Ukrainian port city. More than 40 people died in the riots, which some from gunshot wounds, but most in a horrific fire that tore through a trade union building late Friday. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A man gets a kiss from a supporter, left, after being released from a local police station which was stormed by pro-Russian protesters in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Several prisoners that were detained during clashes that erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast were released under the pressure of protesters that broke into a local police station and received a hero’s welcome by crowds. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A Ukrainian police and paratroopers guard as they and other comrades block a road outside the town of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are currently seeking to form a security cordon around the town. They have repeatedly claimed victories in capturing checkpoints surrounding the city, although such boasts have often proven overstated. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
A Ukrainian APCs are parked blocking a road outside the town of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are currently seeking to form a security cordon around the town. They have repeatedly claimed victories in capturing checkpoints surrounding the city, although such boasts have often proven overstated. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
Pro-Russian protesters, seen through the cracked window of a police van, stand in the grounds of a police station in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Several prisoners that were detained during clashes that erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast were released under the pressure of protesters that broke into a local police station and received a hero’s welcome by crowds. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Posted: Sunday, May 4, 2014 4:15 pm
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Updated: 5:03 pm, Sun May 4, 2014.
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ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Outrage over the deaths of pro-Russian activists in riots in Odessa triggered new violence Sunday in the Black Sea port, where a mob of protesters stormed police headquarters and freed dozens of their jailed allies.
The activists had been jailed for their involvement in clashes Friday that killed more than 40 people — some died from gunshot wounds, but most from a fire that broke out in a trade union building. It was the worst violence in the Ukrainian crisis since more than 100 people died in Kyiv in February, most of them shot by snipers.
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