Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist in Ukraine’s Capital
- Pavel Sheremet died as he drove to his morning radio show
- Vehicle belonged to head of online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda
Ukrainian police officers and security services experts examine the charred car of journalist Pavel Sheremet, after he was killed in a car bomb in Kiev on July 20, 2016.
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A prominent journalist was killed by a car bomb in the Ukrainian capital, where investigators are probing links to reporting that’s touched on corruption and fighters from the conflict in the nation’s east.
An explosive device detonated at 7:45 a.m. in Kiev when Pavel Sheremet, a 44-year-old native of Belarus, was driving to the Vesti radio station for his morning show, police said Wednesday in a statement. The vehicle was owned by his partner Olena Prytula, head of popular online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, where Sheremet also worked. Prytula wasn’t in the car.