Who started the violence? Who started the fire? Why were there so many casualties when large sections of the building were not burned? Why didn’t police officers do more to prevent the violence? How did the people die?
Sadly, even the number of casualties is unclear, but may number 46.
On May 6, presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko told journalists that police told him that “there were…special toxic substances placed at the trade union building…to make the number of victims higher.”
If true, the whole sordid event reeks of the 2002 Nord-Ost siege in Moscow, during which Russian special forces pumped toxic gas into the crowded Dubrovka Theater seized by Chechen terrorists.
The attack left 130 hostages dead from adverse reactions to the cocktail of toxic chemicals pumped in by Russian forces.Among the many rumors circulating are that the separatists intentionally started the fire, and that corpses were brought into the trade union building to make the death toll appear higher.
The Ukrainian people deserve a credible explanation as they struggle to overcome the latest unspeakable tragedy.
