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Governor: Almost all bodies exhumed from mass burial site in Izium ‘show signs of violent death’

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Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that among the bodies exhumed from the mass burial site on Sept. 16, “99% showed signs of violent death.” “There are several bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, and one person is buried with a rope around the neck,” he said. “Obviously, these people were tortured and executed,” he added. The mass burial site reportedly contains around 440 bodies.

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