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Sri Lanka's minority Tamil-dominated regions observe shutdown over mass grave investigation
A shutdown was observed in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated northern and eastern regions on Friday with…
PTI
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Ukrainian civilians imprisoned by Russia are being treated like livestock and forced to dig mass graves, report says
One civilian who refused to dig trenches and graves in the occupied city of Zaporizhzhia was shot o…
Sonam Sheth,Lloyd Lee
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Archaeologists discovered dozens of headless bodies in a 7,000-year-old mass grave
Researchers believe their heads may have been removed in a brutal act of war or by priests as a way…
Marianne Guenot
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Bodies of Ukrainians discovered with knees shot 'tells us that people were tortured,' Ukrainian police say
Ukrainian authorities are investigating more than 12,000 killings since Russia invaded the country …
Erin Snodgrass
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New York Times' analysis of satellite images pokes holes in Russia's denials about civilian bodies found in Bucha
Gruesome images and videos of dead bodies lying in the streets of Bucha emerged on social media ove…
Erin Snodgrass
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Satellite images appear to show a mass grave outside a church in Bucha, Ukraine
The images, taken March 31, show a partially excavated mass grave outside a church in Bucha. It is …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
Videos show dead bodies and a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine
Graphic Content. Officials and residents from Bucha, Ukraine, say that at least 300 civilians were …
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A mass grave of German 'mercenaries' who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War discovered in New Jersey
A team from Rowan University found teeth, femurs, and more belonging to Hessian soldiers dating bac…
Bethany Dawson
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Ukrainian ambassador says mass graves show 'war crimes of massive proportion' where Russians are 'targeting all Ukrainians'
"There is no war logic in all of this. It's simply terrorizing and committing genocide against Ukra…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Satellite images reveal mass graves outside Mariupol as Russian forces level the city
The expansion of these new gravesites started at the end of March and has continued into April as R…
Rebecca Cohen
New videos show mass grave in Ukraine after 9 days of attacks by Russia
About 1,200 people have died in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, after intense shelling by Russi…
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900 bodies have been discovered thus far in mass graves surrounding Kyiv, Zelenskyy says
As of Wednesday, the United Nations estimated there have been nearly 6,000 civilian casualties in U…
Lauren Frias
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Besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol buries soldiers and civilians in mass graves during Russian invasion
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba called it "the worst humanitarian catastrophe o…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Russian troops in Mariupol are making local Ukrainians dig mass graves in exchange for food and water, mayor says
Vadym Boychenko, mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol, also said a third mass grave was disc…
Sophia Ankel
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A pit full of 6,200-year-old skeletons is now the oldest known example of 'indiscriminate, mass killing'
A study suggests that an ancient Croatian pit was the site of the world's oldest documented mass ki…
Aylin Woodward
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Researchers found nearly two dozen detention, interrogation, and processing centers in Russian-occupied Ukraine, as well as what look like mass graves: report
Throughout the war, Ukrainians have described harrowing experiences of torture and detention in Rus…
Jake Epstein
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Zelenskyy says Russian chambers containing 'tools for electric torture' were found in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine along with mass graves containing at least 450 bodies
Procedures have begun to identify about 450 bodies found in mass graves in liberated Izium, the Kyi…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Nearly 300 people were buried in mass graves in Bucha, where the streets are 'littered with corpses,' a Ukrainian mayor said
Reporters in Bucha share images of bodies sprawled across the town's streets. The mayor said at lea…
Katie Balevic
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Zelenskyy invited Angela Merkel to look at mass graves in Bucha, saying they were the result of a 2008 decision not to let Ukraine join NATO
In 2008, Germany and France rejected Ukraine's bid to join NATO, arguing that it would increase fri…
Sophia Ankel
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Ukrainian woman said her Russian captors mocked her execution and forced her to dig her own grave
During a hearing, the woman told US lawmakers that she was beaten, forced to undress, and cut by Ru…