Two separatist prosecutors killed by bomb in Ukraine's Luhansk
Source: Reuters
September 16, 2022
7:03 AM EDT
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Two separatist prosecutors killed by bomb in Ukraine's Luhansk
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The prosecutor-general of the Russian-backed self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine and his deputy were killed by a bomb blast at their offices on Friday, the head of the LPR administration said.
"Today, as a result of a terrorist act, Prosecutor-General of the LPR Sergei Gorenko and his deputy Ekaterina Steglenko were killed," Leonid Pasechnik said in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app.
Other local officials and the emergency services had previously told Russian news agencies that a bomb had exploded at the offices of the prosecutor general.
Pasechnik blamed Kyiv for the attack and called Ukraine a "terrorist state" under its current leadership.
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