 More than 600 people were detained and about 100 hurt after a second night of riots in Estonia's capital Tallinn. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets after new clashes with mainly ethnic Russian protesters erupted over the removal of a Soviet war memorial. Estonia says the memorial symbolised Soviet occupation. Supporters say it celebrated heroes who fought the Nazis. Russian officials said a man who died in Thursday night's clashes was a Russian national. A Foreign Ministry statement said the Estonian authorities had at first denied that any Russian citizens were among the casualties. The man, who was a resident of Estonia, has been named as Dmitry Ganin. The Estonian authorities have said he was stabbed by another demonstrator and that police had no involvement in his death. ...
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