A prominent
journalist working for the online investigative newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was
killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning.
Pavel
Sheremet was driving to work in the car of the newspaper's owner when it was
blown up, an adviser to Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko said.
Two
eyewitnesses told Reuters television they had heard a loud blast and seen an
explosion from underneath the car, which lay charred in the middle of the
street.
"I'm in
shock, I don't know what to say, it is a matter of honor for the police to
investigate the case," the head of the national police force, Khatia
Dekanoidze, told reporters. "I will personally take charge of the
case."
Prime
Minister Volodymyr Groysman posted a message on Facebook saying: "The day
has begun with terrible news. The prominent Ukrainian journalist Pavel Sheremet
was killed this morning."
The founder
of Ukrayinska Pravda, Georgiy Gongadze, was an investigative journalist who was
murdered 16 years ago. The incident helped to precipitate Ukraine's Orange
Revolution. His body was found decapitated in a forest outside Kiev.
(Reporting by
Natalia Zinets and Sergei Karazy; writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by
Kevin Liffey)
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