Suspects Held in 2000 Slaying of Journalist
From Times Wire Reports
President Viktor Yushchenko said authorities had detained suspects in the 4-year-old slaying of a journalist -- a killing that became a symbol of corruption and violence in Ukraine’s previous government. The suspects were not identified.
Georgi Gongadze, who wrote about high-level graft, was abducted in Kiev in September 2000. His decapitated body was found buried in a forest.
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