Ukranian Transport Minister Shot Dead

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/28/content_2387594.htm Ukrainian transport minister shot dead

www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-28 10:03:58


Ukraine's Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa(File photo: Xinhua/AFP)
KIEV, Dec. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Ukrainian Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa was found dead with a gunshot wound at his home outside Kiev,a government source said.

"An investigating group from the police are working at the scene. He was found dead with gunshot wounds at his dacha just at the outskirts of Kiev," the source said.

The death came one day after the Ukrainian presidential elections in which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich whom Kirpa strongly supported, trailed opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.

Kirpa was regarded one of the most influential figures within the current government in Ukraine. One of Kirpas's deputies, Ivan Saliy, speculated that Kirpa's death was connected to financial difficulties within his ministry, the opposition-run Kanal 5 television network reported.

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1. well, this is interesting...

his own guys shot him to make Yushencko look bad.......