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Body of activist from Bykhau who disappeared a year ago found

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Body of activist from Bykhau who disappeared a year ago found
Aliaksandr Shachonak

The body of disappeared activist Aliaksandr Shachonak was found in the Bykhau district.

Police found the body of activist Aliaksandr Shachonak in a forest near the village of Varonina in the Bykhau district. The man disappeared in August 2014.

As BelaPAN learnt from Aksana Salianiuk, a representative of the Investigation Committee Department for the Mahilou region, information about the location of the body was received from a resident of Bykhau, 37, who was detained last week on suspicion of storing ammunition and stealing.

“The suspect confessed to a more serious crime – a murder – during a professionally conducted interrogation and gave information about the location of the dead body,” she said.

Investigators arrived at the site on June 27 and found remains of the man, who is believed to be Aliaksadr Shachonak, 63, who disappeared last year.

Aksana Salianiuk added the suspect had committed the crime due to personal enmity toward the killed man.

Shachonak was last seen on August 27, 2014, in the court of the Bykhau district during the hearing of the activist's claim against his neighbour, who was accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm. Aliaksandr Shachonak planned to file a motion at the next hearing to change pre-trial restrictions for the defendant, who was said to have threatened him.

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