A Ukrainian far right group has demanded the resignation of the county\u2019s interior minister while blocking roads around Kyiv in a protest following a fatal gun battle.<\/p>\n
Dozens of supporters of Right Sector are calling for more demonstrations to be held across the county.<\/p>\n
On Saturday two ultra-nationalists were killed in a shootout with police in the western town of Mukacheve.<\/p>\n
The cause of the violence is unclear, Red Sector claims its members were set upon by local police.<\/p>\n
Officials suggest the violence was a turf war between groups keen to control smuggling routes to neighbouring Hungary and Romania.<\/p>\n
At least six police officers were wounded in the incident.
\nKyiv has called on Red Sector, which played a prominent role in protests that toppled Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovych a year ago, to lay down their weapons.<\/p>\n
Red Sector has so far refused and the two sides are locked in a standoff. Kyiv has sent more police to the town ordering them to arrest those responsible for the shooting.
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