Mass grave with at least 55 bodies found in eastern Ukrainian town - governor

Record ID: 1692796

  • Title: Mass grave with at least 55 bodies found in eastern Ukrainian town - governor
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: LYMAN, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GRAVES VARIOUS OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS NEAR DUG OUT GRAVES BODIES IN BODYBAGS UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) DONETSK REGION GOVERNOR, PAVLO KYRYLENKO, SAYING: “Fifty five bodies were found already but the work continues. These (bodies) are local civilians and our defenders – Armed Forces servicemen. The causes of deaths will be determined by court medical experts. Preliminary results (the cause of death) – explosive and projectile injuries, bullet injuries. We also don’t exclude torture, especially among the civilian victims." VARIOUS OF POLICEMAN WALKING BY BODYBAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) DONETSK REGION GOVERNOR, PAVLO KYRYLENKO, SAYING: “We would be able to talk about this only after the expertise is done. When people with tied hands, with marks on the faces, with blindfolded eyes are found – these could be preliminary signs (of torture). But we would be able to say for sure only after the court medical expertise is over - whether a person died because of torture by the occupants.” VARIOUS OF FORENSICS DIGGING OUT GRAVES FORENSICS CARRYING BODYBAG FORENSICS OPENING BODYBAG
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 17:05
  • Keywords: Lyman Mass burial Mass grave Russian invasion War in Ukraine
  • Location: LYMAN, UKRAINE
  • City: LYMAN, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001153511102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE
    Forensics exhumated bodies on Tuesday (October 11) from what Ukrainian officials say is a mass grave in the recently liberated eastern town of Lyman.
    Fifty five bodies of civilians and servicemen were found, according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, Donetsk Region governor.
    He also stated that Ukraine’s officials do not exclude torture as the cause of death of some of the buried people.
    “We would be able to say for sure only after the court medical expertise is over - whether a person died because of torture by the occupants,” said Kyrylenko.
    Ukrainian authorities have regularly accused Russian troops of committing atrocities in occupied territories, a charge Moscow denies.
    Last month the bodies of 436 people were exhumed from a burial site in the northeastern town of Izium after it was liberated. Most appeared to have died violent deaths, local officials said.
    (Production: Abdelaziz Boumzar, Andrii Pryimachenko)
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