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=== December 17th === | === December 17th === | ||
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Revolution sweeps across the nation | Revolution sweeps across the nation | ||
December 17th: The bloody suppression of protesters in the western city of Timisoara would soon escalate into chaos across all of Romania. | December 17th: The bloody suppression of protesters in the western city of Timisoara would soon escalate into chaos across all of Romania. | ||
β | Romanian Security Forces entered the city in order to confiscate Laszlo Tokes, a pastor in the Reformed Church who was to be exiled from Timisoara because of his outspoken views on | + | Romanian Security Forces entered the city in order to confiscate Laszlo Tokes, a pastor in the Reformed Church who was to be exiled from Timisoara because of his outspoken views on human rights and the treatment of Romania's Hungarian minority. |
As security forces arrived, they found themselves face to face with hundreds of citizens who surrounded the church in order to protect Tokes. As they attempted unsuccessfully to use water cannons to disperse the crowd, more people joined its ranks and the protest soon escalated out of control. | As security forces arrived, they found themselves face to face with hundreds of citizens who surrounded the church in order to protect Tokes. As they attempted unsuccessfully to use water cannons to disperse the crowd, more people joined its ranks and the protest soon escalated out of control. |