t I x DeNiro marks directorial debut in 'A Bronx Tale' C ml ttX One hundred three years of editorial freedom Vol. CIV, No 4 Ann Arbor. Michigan - Monday, October Violence escalates in Russian capital Yeltsin declares state of emergency after hard-liners attack government headquarters MOSCOW (AP)-Thousands of screaming hard-line protesters hurl- ing rocks and bottles at fleeing police broke the government's siege of par- liament and seized other key installa- tions yesterday in the worst political violence in Moscow since the Bol- shevik Revolution. President Boris Yeltsin declared a state of emergency in,Moscow, giv- ing police wide power to crack down on unrest if they could, and appealed to people not to aid the protest. "We call upon your common sense and responsibility for the fate of your chil- 0 dren," a government statement said. Protesters overwhelmed riot po- lice in vicious street fighting and smashed their way into the headquar- ters of the Moscow city government and the headquarters of ITAR-Tass, the Russian news agency. They at- tacked the country's main television complex with rocket-propelled gre- nades as government commandos and paratroopers fought back. Three TV channels went off the air. At least six people were killed, including four soldiers, city officials said. Dozens were injured, some when they were run over by trucks driven by protesters to break through lines of riot police. The Interfax news agency reported eight people were killed in fighting at the TV complex, but there was no immediate confirmation. Hard-line lawmakers urged their triumphant followers to seize other installations and take control of the government. They called for Yeltsin's overthrow and the "liquidation" of his government. "We have to take the Kremlin," parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov told the parliament, re- ferring to the government seat of power where Yeltsin was in his office after rushing back by helicopter from a weekend in the countryside. Government forces guarded the Kremlin, and Yeltsin supporters erected barricades at the Kremlin and at City Hall. The chaos dramatically deepened the political crisis that began Sept. 21 when Yeltsin dissolved parliament and ordered parliamentary elections in a bid to end his power struggle with hard-line lawmakers. About 100 law- makers with hundreds of armed sup- porters have been holed up in the parliament building, refusing Yeltsin's order to disband. Govern- ment forces had ringed the building, called the White House, for 13 days. The show of force by the hard- liners caught the capital by surprise and it was difficult to gauge their strength or possible support. There was little sign of popular support for the protesters as they fought their way through the city center to the parlia- ment. Onlookers watched or fled de- spite calls from the protesters to join them. In an ominous sign for the govern- ment, scores of police defected to the parliament side. It was not clear if they were supporting the protesters or just trying to save their lives. Protest- ers also took dozens of riot police prisoner. The protesters were an odd mix- ture of communists, fascists and ex- treme nationalists united by their op- position to Yeltsin and his democratic political and free market reforms. Talks between the lawmakers and the government on ending the crisis continued for a third day under the mediation of the Russian Orthodox Church despite the violence. Law- makers' representatives presented new demands yesterday, insisting Yeltsin revoke his decrees disband- ing parliament. Lawmakers also called for joint elections for president and parliament in March. Yeltsin opposes joint elec- tions, saying parliamentary elections will be in December with a presiden- tial vote in June. Parts of central Moscow were turned into a virtual battle zone as up to 10,000 protesters armed with sticks, clubs and rocks broke through line after line of riot police. Officers were beaten to the ground and savagely punched and kicked by the enraged protesters who waved red Soviet flags. "Death to Yeltsin" and "Out with the fascists," protesters screamed. Some also yelled "Down with America." Riot police, many of them young conscripts, appeared caught by sur- prise by the protest. Police trying to stop the protesters as they advanced through the city center were outnum- bered and outfought. 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