<P> Belgian journalist Danny Huwé was shot and killed on 23 or 24 December 1989 . </P> <P> Firefighters hit the demonstrators with powerful water jets, and the police continued to beat and arrest people . Protesters managed to build a defensible barricade in front of the Dunărea ("Danube") restaurant, which stood until after midnight, but was finally torn apart by government forces . Intense shooting continued until after 03: 00, by which time the survivors had fled the streets . </P> <P> Records of the fighting that day include footage shot from helicopters that were sent to raid the area and record evidence for eventual reprisals, as well as by tourists in the high tower of the centrally located InterContinental Hotel, next to the National Theatre and across the street from the university . </P> <P> It is likely that in the early hours of 22 December the Ceaușescus made their second mistake . Instead of fleeing the city under cover of night, they decided to wait until morning to leave . Ceaușescu must have thought that his desperate attempts to crush the protests had succeeded, because he apparently called another meeting for the next morning . However, before 07: 00, his wife Elena received the news that large columns of workers from many industrial platforms (large communist - era factories or groups of factories concentrated into industrial zones) were heading towards city centre of Bucharest to join the protests . The police barricades that were meant to block access to Piața Universității (University Square) and Palace Square proved useless . By 09: 30 University Square was jammed with protesters . Security forces (army, police and others) re-entered the area, only to join with the protesters . </P>

Who became romanian president immediately after the 1989 revolution