Lyman exhumation complete: the bodies of 111 civilians and 35 military personnel were found

ALONA MAZURENKO — THURSDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2022, 18:45

In the liberated city of Lyman of Donetsk Oblast, law enforcement officers completed an exhumation at the site of the largest mass grave: they found the bodies of 111 civilians and 35 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Source: National Police

Quote: "The police completed investigative measures at the cemetery in Lyman, where two mass graves were found after liberation. Civilians were buried in one location, and Ukrainian defenders were buried in another. The dead were buried in trenches, and some of the graves were unmarked."

Details: The police report that among the civilians exhumed in the north of Donetsk Oblast, 85 are men, 66 are women, and 5 are children; the gender of another 10 people has not been established.

In total, 166 bodies were exhumed in the liberated territories of northern Donetsk Oblast, including five children.

The police note that people died from mine explosions and shrapnel wounds as a result of Russian shelling, as well as from natural causes.

There are also bodies with signs of a violent death.

In order to identify the victims, the Donetsk Oblast Police ask close relatives to contact the police station so they can take biological specimens and conduct an expert examination.

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