Ukrainian journalist dies of gunshot wounds in Kiev attack

A Ukrainian reporter died of gunshot wounds after masked men attacked him on his way home in central Kiev, his newspaper said on Wednesday, after a night of deadly violence in the Ukrainian capital.

“Early in the morning, the Kiev correspondent Vyacheslav Veremyi died in the hospital,” said , a Russian-language daily with pro-government views.

“The night before, unknown masked individuals opened fire on our journalist.”

Veremyi was returning home in a taxi but was ambushed by “unknown men with bats and weapons, in hard hats, camouflage and black masks” when the car stopped at a traffic light, the newspaper said.

The attack occurred about 800 metres away from Independence Square where riot police continued to clash with protesters.

The men pulled him, his colleague and the driver from the car and beat them, the paper said.