on 20 january, about 100,000 people gathered in moscow to show their support for the baltic states, calling on soviet officials to resign in connection with the events in vilnius. that evening turned out to be the deadliest at the barricades after the omon and other unidentified combat groups attacked the latvian interior ministry. two policemen (vladimirs gomanovičs and sergejs konoņenko), camera operator and director andris slapiņš and 17-year-old schoolboy edijs riekstiņš are killed. gvido zvaigzne was fatally injured and died of his injuries on 5 february. four bauska policemen were injured, as were five participants of the barricades, a hungarian jános tódor, finnish journalist and tv operator hannu väisänen and russian camera operator for the tv program vzglyad vladimir brezhnev. it was noted that the attackers also suffered casualties. after the battle, the omon moved into the latvian communist party building. by the 20 january, the government also urged the transfer of control of the barricades to government forces. this was seen by some as disaffection with the whole idea. this opinion was enforced when part of the barricades were demolished after the government took control of them.