Snipers sow fear and death in Kiev's urban conflict


  • World
  • Saturday, 22 Feb 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - It only takes one word for people on Independence Square - hardy though they are - to dash for cover: "Sniper!"

A handful of snipers have been wreaking havoc on the front lines of Kiev's urban conflict, picking off targeted individuals among protesters with kill-shots to the neck and head.

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