Body of slain Ukrainian lawyer Hrabovsky identified by s ister, doctor
The sister of lawyer Yuriy Hrabovsky and his doctor have confirmed that the body found in Ukraine's Cherkassy region was Hrabovsky.
"Yuriy Hrabovsky has been identified. The procedure involved the lawyer's sister who came to Ukraine in the morning and his doctor," the Ukrainian National Bar Association wrote on Facebook.
"Unfortunately, they confirmed that it was our colleague and friend, Yuriy Hrabovsky," Ihor Cherezov, lawyer and deputy head of the Committee for the Protection of Rights and Guarantees of the Legal Profession, said.
Every formality required for the issue of a death certificate has been fulfilled, the National Bar Association said.
The death of Hrabovsky was reported in the morning of March 25. Later that day, Ukrainian Main Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said Hrabovsky died a violent death - he was shot dead. He also said that a second suspected killer was arrested in Odesa region on March 24. The suspect showed the place where the lawyer was killed and buried.
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