Man Killed in Violent Protests
Communist Party member shot by Police during violent protests in Red Stad
Communists confront Police in Red Stad after two days of rioting
RED STAD was in chaos as communists battled the police in two days of violent rioting. One man, a 32 year-old Communist Party member, was shot by police as he attempted to charge them. He was taken to hospital but pronunced dead. The riots are part of anti-government protests that are calling for an end to privatisation legislation going through parliament, along with the governments refusal to rename Aran Beatha back to its traditional name of Kozaria.
The main groups involved in the organisation of the riots were the left-wing Kozarian nationalist group, the Kozarian Freedom Army, and the Communist Party's (illegal) paramilitary organisation, the People's Revolutionary Army.
Police released a statement saying everything was now under control, but nearly 200 protesters and 50 police have been injured in violent clashes. Right-wing paramilitaries were told not to take vigilante action, with fears rising about a return to the old days of the Democratic Republic when street fighting between left and right was a common occurence.