Bodies of 4 civilians killed by Russian troops, including 1 child, found in Kyiv Region
Iryna Balachuk – Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 14:58
The bodies of 4 civilians, one of them a child, killed by Russian occupation troops have been found in Kyiv Region.
Source: Kyiv Region Police on Facebook
According to the police: "Police officers have exhumed the bodies of 2 civilians, one a 10-year-old girl who died from shrapnel wounds after her house has been hit by an enemy shell in the village of Shybyne. The other body belonged to a 58-year-old man who was shot at point blank range near his own home."
Details: These bodies were found on 3 May.
On the same day, the body of a 69-year-old woman was exhumed in the village of Nova Buda. The woman died in Russian shelling and was buried by her fellow villagers in the local cemetery.
The fourth victim of the Russian occupation troops was a 92-year-old woman from the village of Ozershchyna. She died in her own home after it caught fire in Russian shelling.
Police conducted a preliminary search of the bodies of the victims and took them to the morgue for forensic examination.
Earlier: On 4 May, police reported that 20 more bodies of civilians killed by the Russian occupiers had been found in Kyiv Region in just one day.
Background:
- On 2 May, the grave of 2 men carrying traces of torture was discovered in the village of Kalynivka, Makariv municipal territorial community, Bucha District, Kyiv Region.
- On 29 April, a pit containing the bodies of 3 men was found in Bucha District.
