They attacked [[law enforcement]] officers, tried to seize the [[parliament]] and government buildings, beat the security forces with truncheons, threw cobblestones, smoke bombs, [[Molotov cocktail]]s at them, set fire to buses and trucks. In the battles on the streets, extremists used catapults built like the medieval type. The terrorist frenzy caused shock and dismay even among peaceful advocates of change. | They attacked [[law enforcement]] officers, tried to seize the [[parliament]] and government buildings, beat the security forces with truncheons, threw cobblestones, smoke bombs, [[Molotov cocktail]]s at them, set fire to buses and trucks. In the battles on the streets, extremists used catapults built like the medieval type. The terrorist frenzy caused shock and dismay even among peaceful advocates of change. |