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| Mother of Belarusian executed for terrorism seeks son's body |
| 2013-03-14 |
| The mother of a young Belarusian man convicted in the April 2011 Minsk subway bombing and later executed for terrorism wants to have the authorities hand over her son's body. Lyubou Kavalyova told a press conference on March 13 that she hoped the Belarusian authorities would release her son's body as she marks the first anniversary of his execution. Her son Uladzislau Kavalyou and his friend Dzmitry Kanavalau, both born in 1986, were convicted for the bombing of a Minsk subway station that killed 15 people and injured some 300 others - and two earlier bombings. They were executed with a shot to the head sometime in mid-March 2012. Some independent investigators, including investigators from Russia, have expressed serious doubts about evidence used to convict the two men. |
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