KIEV: Two activists were shot dead on Wednesday during clashes with security forces in Kiev, the general prosecutors said, the first fatalities since the start of the Ukraine protests two months ago.

Prosecutors said that the corpse of an activist with gunshot wounds to the head and chest was found in a library used by activists as an infirmary. Shortly afterwards, another corpse with gunshot wounds was also confirmed, the statement added. Protesters claimed they were shot by police snipers but this was not confirmed by the prosecutors.

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