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Protest in Mongolia PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 July 2008

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MPRP building on fire
20.55h Senior officials in the MPRP could (or would) not confirm the location of Prime Minister Bayar. Shortly before the protest turned violent he was in the MPRP building giving a press conference


20.30h Protesters have taken possesion of bottles of a duty free shop and are throwing the bottles at the building while setting fire to the carton boxes. Smoke keeps coming from the building.

Reportedly thousands of people are staging a violent protest

Protesters have set fire on the MPRP building in Mongolia s capital Ulaanbaatar. Fire trucks are trying to get near the site. Military a nd police are joining forces to control the crowd. Eagle TV shows images of smoke coming from the MPRP building and protesters trying to enter. Around 19.30 fire was coming from the windows at the ground floor, but the fire brigade seens to have controlled.
In the meantime protesters look for the confrontation. Police men are shooting at the crowd with what seem to be rubber bullets.


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