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Third dead linked to anti-communist protests in Moldova

April 16, 2009
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Several reports from local media in Chisinau, as well as individual reports from civil society activists in Moldova, state that a third dead body of a 26 year young man was brought by the police to his parents in the town of Soroca (a city in Northen Moldova), in a hermetically sealed metal coffin, as the body was already decomposing.

According to Unimedia, a Moldovan independent electronic media outlet, the mayor of Soroca, Victor Sau, stated that police refused to provide any explanations on the reasons behind the decease of the young Eugen Tapu, and that according to the papers he died on 7 April, the day when police begin the mass arrests of young protesters.

At least 200 people were arrested, but some human right watchdog groups believe that this number could be as high as 750-800.