Īfter the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych by Euromaidan protesters in late February, heightened tensions between Euromaidan and anti-Maidan protesters began in Odessa Oblast. A number of Russian nationalist groups (Odesska Druzhyna, Anti-Maidan) were active throughout the period and actively supported by senior Russian politicians such as Sergey Glazyev. Three journalists and two cameramen were injured in the clashes. Confrontations between Euromaidan and Anti-Maidan protesters continued over the next month, and on 19 February, about 100 unidentified men wearing masks and helmets, and armed with baseball bats, assaulted a pro-Maidan demonstration. Odessa municipal administration fortified the RSA with concrete blocks to prevent further incursions on 28 January. Up to 2,000 pro-Maidan protesters marched on the regional state administration (RSA) building in Odessa on 26 January, but were repelled by pro-government supporters and municipal barricades. Odessa, largely Russophone, witnessed continued unrest throughout 2014. 2 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire.The clashes culminated on 2 May, when 46 anti-Maidan and two pro-Maidan activists were killed and over 200 people were injured during a confrontation in the city center and the Trade Unions House. Sloviansk ( Murder of Pentecostals in Slaviansk)Ĭlashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrators erupted in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa in 2014, in reaction to Euromaidan.Two were not home, while the third was still inside when Metwally committed the arson. Metwally is being held on multiple arson-related charges including attempted murder.ĭeputy State Fire Marshals say a total of 4 people resided in the home, including Metwally who was renting a room with her boyfriend.
“During this COVID, they were renting a room from him from what I understand, and he couldn’t put her out, because of COVID, but what does it take?” asked Bernal, “I’m just really thankful to the two guys that helped her out of that basement, because I don’t think she’d be here today if they hadn’t helped her.” Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire, “She then exited the house and proceeded to sit on a lawn chair where she actually watched the fire spread throughout the house.”īernal says metwally had recently returned to the home after being confined elsewhere for mental health issues and repeated pleas to authorities in recent months to address her ongoing behavioral issues had gone ignored.
“The 911 caller stated that she actually went inside the house, set multiple items, multiple fires inside the house,” said Sr. Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office quickly focused in on a resident, 47-year-old Gail Metwally, as a possible suspect. It singed my hair, and he lost everything.” “She almost burned to death in that house, and I’m just really thankful she’s okay,” said Bernal, “When she was talking to me, she said, ‘Pat, it burned my hair. Holbrook’s sister, Pat Bernal, says someone had tossed a trash can on the stairs blocking her path to get out. An image captured of the fire shows flames consuming the house on Cherry Lane in Elkton as 52-year-old Blenda Holbrook found herself trapped in the basement before a pair of men pulled her from a window.
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