Ukraine: Seven police officers injured in protests against gas stations construction

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Seven police officers injured in protests against gas stations construction
The criminal proceeding opened under two articles of the Criminal Code

Seven police officers were injured during the rally on October 4 against the construction of gas stations as the press service of the National Police in Kyiv reported.

The police noted that about 200 people took part in the protest actions and some of them were in the covering masks.

‘The unknown began to destroy the hoarding, commit waste of the worksite and hurl the smoke bombs on demands of the police officers to stop the unauthorized protest. Seven officers of the police were injured at the attempt of stop the hooliganism’, the message said.

Continued with pictures at: http://112.international/ukraine-top-news/seven-police-officers-injured-in-protests-against-gas-stations-construction-21361.html

Are these protesters,  "Greens" or what? It could just be hooliganism, as the story says these people have been charged with this offense. Also, translation here is pretty faulty, I did not find any other stories on this.

[TomSea]

This is probably part of a larger movement of unrest, now that I read some of their other news:

Protesters burn flares near Ukraine’s Parliament
Activists stand against the law on re-integration of Donbas
13:50, 5 October 2017



Activists burn flares near the building of the Verkhovna Rada protesting against the parliamentarians’ intention to adopt the law on re-integration of Donbas.

Several dozens of young people gathered near the parliament, holding flags of the far-right All-Ukrainian Union  "Svoboda", the National Corps and the Right Sector. The protesters stand against the bill on re-integration of Donbas.

Read more at: http://112.international/ukraine-top-news/protesters-burn-flares-near-ukraines-parliament-21359.html