August 31, 2015 (BBC News Europe) One
national guard member has been killed and over 100 injured in violent protests
outside Ukraine's parliament, the interior ministry said. Clashes between
nationalists and riot police erupted after MPs gave initial backing to reforms
for more autonomy in the rebel-held east. Some in the crowd lobbed what police
said were live grenades at officers protecting parliament.
The reforms are part
of a peace plan to end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian President,
Petro Poroshenko, said the violence was "a stab in the back". Protesters
led by the populist Radical Party and the ultra-nationalist Svoboda (Freedom)
party - who oppose any concession to the Russian-backed separatists - gathered
outside parliament early on Monday. After a rowdy debate, 265 MPs out of 450
backed the first reading of the decentralisation bill, granting more powers to
areas of Donetsk and Luhansk.
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