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Unknown assailants kill judge who placed Ukraine protesters under house arrest
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/12/unknown-assailants-kill-judge-who-placed-ukraine-protesters-under-house-arrest/
Unknown assailants kill judge who placed Ukraine protesters under house arrest
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:42 EST
A judge who placed several anti-government protesters under house arrest has been killed by two unknown assailants in central Ukraine, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
The ex-Soviet country has been hit by large-scale protests since November, when President Viktor Yanukovych balked at signing a deal deepening ties with the European Union under pressure from Russia.
Scores of demonstrators have since been detained — some of whom have been charged with crimes carrying sentences of up to 15 years in jail.
The ministry said Oleksandr Lobodenko, 34, was murdered in central Ukraine’s industrial city of Kremenchuk overnight on Tuesday.