Meanwhile, the demonstrations turned violent on February 24, 1945, when communists staged an assault on the Internal Affairs Ministry. The seminal event of this confrontation was a public rally, with Bagdasar and the UPD's Dumitru Popescu-Moșoia as guest speakers. During the push-back, several protesters were killed by gunshot; later investigation uncovered that the bullets were not of the standard caliber used in the Ministry. Nicu Rădescu, who was hiding out at the UP's headquarters, participated in the propaganda effort, publicly accusing his father of murder. On March 6, 1945, Groza eventually managed to topple Premier Rădescu, who escaped to British Cyprus, and set up a communist-dominated cabinet, with Constantinescu-Iași as the new Information Minister. Also joining the cabinet as the UP's appointee was Grigore Vasiliu Rășcanu, the Minister of War. Bagdasar became the Minister of Health, and, as a technocrat tasked with managing the nationwide health crisis, earned the respect of his political adversaries. General Avramescu, meanwhile, was killed in an air raid on the Slovakian front, reportedly shortly after being arrested by the Soviets. The UP resumed its orthodox political stance. Rădescu's son, by then a card-carrying communist, was tasked with purging the Union of political undesirables, then assigned over to the "Siguranța", which he helped transform into the Securitate.