from an e-mail I received :-(

After last night's actions by mainly drunken youth, who after being
dispursed from the Bronze Soldier area proceeded to break windows of
residences and buisiness in the downtown and Old Town areas (99 places were
counted as of 5:30 am). Cars were damaged, some overturned. Stores were
pillaged. People were beat up (one vandal was stabbed to death, after
stabbing others), at least one Estonian was beat up for speaking Estonian.
Aprroximately 1000 people gathered by the Bronze soldier, after being
dispursed by the police after some were aggressive against the police
(throwing rocks etc), approximately 500 people used the situation as an
excuse to vandalize and steal property in the downtown area.

Nearly 300 people have been arrested. Identification of criminals (in my
opinion these are not protestors but criminals - how does stealing goods
from stores count as a protest?) will continue via footage from security
cameras and other video footage.

The Bronze Soldier memorial was moved to the War Cemetery during the night.
Alcohol sales will be banned in Tallinn from 2 pm on. This ban will be in
effect until May 2.

As you can well imagine, most Estonians are in shock as to what has
happened, we are not violent protestor types as you know from our history,
but these events will most probably make most Estonians in Tallinn want to
protect their rights and their language. Hopefully they won't try to do it
while under the influence of alcohol.

(based on news reports and info from a friend in the police)