Kyiv bids farewell to journalist Sheremet

13:01, 22.07.2016 1 min read

The farewell ceremony for slain journalist Pavel Sheremet ended in the Ukrainian House in central Kyiv, an Interfax-Ukraine) correspondent reported.

The journalist will be buried in Minsk's Northern Cemetery on Saturday, July 23.

The ceremony was attended by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, presidential administration chief Borys Lozhkin, government officials, and parliamentarians.

Pavel Sheremet died as a car he was driving was blown up in central Kyiv at 07:45 a.m. on July 20, when the journalist was on his way to work. According to media reports, the car belonged to Olena Prytula, the founding editor of the Ukrainska Pravda online publication, but she was not in the car at the time of the explosion.