Video posted to social media Saturday and verified by The Post showed at least nine people including one child laying in the street of a residential area in Bucha, north of Kyiv, after Russian forces retreated from the area. They appear to be dead.
This video was posted on Twitter on April 2 and verified by The Washington Post. on Saturday and verified by The Washington Post showed at least nine people, including one child, lying in the street of a residential area in the town of Bucha, north of Kyiv, after Russian forces retreated. They appear to be dead.One, still atop a bicycle, lies at the corner of an intersection. He is tilted as though he was about to make a right-hand turn. Others are huddled together on the side of the road.
. The cause of death was not immediately apparent, AFP said, though one body appeared to have a large head wound.Reporters from the Associated Press counted six bodies of civilians along a street and in the front yard of a house. Bucha’s mayor, Anatoly Fedoruk, told The Post by phone that around 270 local residents had been buried in two mass graves. He also said that about 40 people were lying in the streets but that it was difficult to get a count. Some of the bodies had their hands bound or were shot in the back of the head, he said.Fedoruk said the bodies would not be touched until security services determine that they are not rigged with explosive devices.
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