Some 15,000 people attacked and occupied the presidential residence on Tuesday, after a series of confrontation with the Police. During the riot, a firemen truck brought to disperse the gathering was destroyed.
The events started on Monday, when some 15,000 people gathered to protest against an alleged forgery of the vote results in the elections on Sunday. On Tuesday morning, some 5,000 people blocked the "Stefan cel Mare si Sfant" boulevard.
The crowd grew to 8,000 before noon and started to move towards the Presidency and the Parliament buildings. After breaking on the two institutions, violent confrontations took place between protesters and the Police.
At least five policemen were injured during the riot. Supplementary Police forces were deployed at the scene. Mobile telephony operator disconnected the network, so that the protesters were unable to call anyone. After the Police were authorized to use tear gas, around 12.30, the crowd busted the firemen truck brought to disperse the meeting and attacked the presidential residence, breaking the windows up to the third floor.
UPDATE 4:
18:15h: Kishinev mayor, Dorin Chirtoaca, holds a speech in front of the protesters, announcing the failure of negotiations between the Opposition and the Government; Chirtoaca asked the protestants to continue their meeting in peace, given the fact that Communists keep claiming that the situation is, in fact, a coup d’état. According to Chirtoaca, there were several Communists infiltrated in the meeting, causing and provoking acts of vandalism;
18:00h: Authorities sent supporting troops near the building of the public TV station. Troops are expected to engage in confrontation;
16:38h: The official EU and Romania flags were hoisted above the Presidency building, in the applauds of the crowd.
15:10h: Twitter users dema
