Ukraine Investigator Sees Chloroform Behind Odessa Deaths
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Ukrainian authorities said 32 pro-Russian protesters who died during violent clashes in the Black Sea port Odessa were killed by chloroform and not the fire that ravaged the union building where they took shelter.
Forty-eight people died when pro-Russian separatists and supporters of Ukraine’s government clashed in Odessa on May 2 in the worst toll since the ouster of Russian-backed former President Viktor Yanukovych in February. Interior Ministry Chief Investigator Vitaliy Sakal said police had arrested 12 people in connection with the case on both sides and 22 more were under suspicion.