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Head of Belarusian exile group found hanged in Ukraine, police open murder case

Head of Belarusian exile group found hanged in Ukraine, police open murder case

NATALIA ZINETS and MARGARYTA CHORNOKONDRATENKO A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police launched a murder investigation. Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution, had been reported missing by his partner on Monday after failing to return home from a run. Police said they were considering the possibility of suicide or of a murder staged to appear as a suicide. Shishov had been found with abrasions on his nose and knee but it was too early to determine…
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South African president praises police breakthrough in football icon’s murder case

South African president praises police breakthrough in football icon’s murder case

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER IN an unusual step, South African president has praised the country’s top detectives who made a breakthrough, arresting five suspects in connection with the 2014 murder of national goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. Heads of of state don’t normally comment on police investigations but Ramaphosa has seen it fit to comment on a major development on a murder case that has gripped South Africa for the past six years. Meyiwa, the Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, was murdered in a house in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg. The case went cold, raising the ire of his family, friends and…
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