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Ukraine activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies after acid attack
Source: BBC
Ukraine activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies after acid attack
4 November 2018
A prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died, three months after she was injured in an acid attack.
Kateryna Handzyuk, 33, suffered burns over 40% of her body and severe eye damage as a result of the assault on 31 July in the southern city of Kherson.
Ms Handzyuk, who was also a Kherson city council member, had undergone 11 operations in the capital Kiev.
President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday called for the killers to be punished. Five suspects are already in custody.
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4 November 2018
A prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died, three months after she was injured in an acid attack.
Kateryna Handzyuk, 33, suffered burns over 40% of her body and severe eye damage as a result of the assault on 31 July in the southern city of Kherson.
Ms Handzyuk, who was also a Kherson city council member, had undergone 11 operations in the capital Kiev.
President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday called for the killers to be punished. Five suspects are already in custody.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46091074
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