[kellyhound]

Pavel Sheremet, 44, a prominent Belarusian journalist who had been working in neighboring Ukraine where there are relatively fewer barriers to independent reporting, was killed in a car bombing in Kiev on Wednesday, local media said.

Ukrainska Pravda, the country's top online publication, said Sheremet died in an explosion as he got into his car to drive to work. The car was owned by its editor-in-chief Alyona Pritula, the publication said.

Pritula was not in the car at the time of the explosion.

An investigation is underway. Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister, said in a Facebook post that the explosion was triggered by a remotely operated bomb planted underneath the car.

Born in Belarus, Sheremet moved to Ukraine two years ago, where he hosted a morning radio show for Radio Vesti. He previously worked in Russia as a TV host.

He was jailed by the Belarusian government in 1997, allegedly for illegally crossing the porous border between Belarus and Lithuania while filming, but he was known widely for this criticism of Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko.

[Susan]

Looks like the paparazzi got there before the ambulance.... Maybe on a tip off from President Alexander Lukashenko.....

[tminus5]

8:32 - Watch that flailing fire hose :D

[wmbondurant]

Well , that was the work of professionals..

[imi]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

but he was known widely for this criticism of Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko.

It would be expected
The Russians soul as a fragile glass or porcelain, but they like the pave of the shit from another humans with infinite cruelty
The Russians always remembering me the endless hysteria of the gypsys, the jews dirty underhand methods, and they have constant basic schizophrenic suspicion which is typical for them

[The Krokodil]

They gottim good

[rhubarb_king]

Umm.. did anyone else notice that guy just standing there casually for 5 seconds after the explosion happened (he then went to the vehicle)? Either he was in shock, or he needs a new day job... (OR he is a member of DR )

[Sharon]

That wee bottle of mineral water certainly helped

[Thrash Attack]

[BuckRoger]

this guy wasn't crying when opposition journalists were killed, he even made an interview about their death. He said "opposition journalists made many sins, so people will not cry about them".

Now, he is killed.