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Two die in rallies outside Crimean parliament, says ex-head of Mejlis

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Feb. 26, 2014, 11:18 p.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian pro-European activists clash with pro-Russian activists as policemen try to separate in front of Crimean regional parliament in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. Pro-Russian demonstrators on Wednesday brawled with supporters of Ukraine's interim authorities in the capital of the Russophone Crimea region Simferopol, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Scuffles erupted as thousands of pro-Moscow residents and Muslim Crimean Tatars backing the new leadership in Kiev held competing rallies outside the regional parliament building, where local legislators rejected demands to debate splitting from Kiev. AFP PHOTO/ VASILIY BATANOV
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 The rallies in front of the Crimean parliament on Wednesday lead to two fatalities, former chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mustafa Jemilev has said.

"Unfortunately, two people died during these clashes. There were no injuries. One had a heart attack, another, a woman, unfortunately, was trampled by the crowd," he said from the stage on Independence Square on Wednesday.

Earlier, the Health Ministry of Crimea reported that an elderly man died of a heart attack during the rallies in Simferopol, eleven sought medical assistance.

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