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320 civilians had been killed in Bucha, Mayor says

06 April 2022 10:39 (UTC +04:00)

The killing is one of the scores - if not hundreds - being uncovered in Bucha after Russian troops withdrew from the Kyiv suburb recently. The mayor, Anatoliy Fedoruk, told BBC on Monday that 320 civilians had been killed, APA reports citing BBC.

"There is no official tally yet," he added.

Russia has denied any involvement in the atrocities. But its burned-out tanks litter the city. On the grounds of a church, there is an open mass grave with the dead still inside, some in black body bags, some loose in the sand. On the roads, there are bullet-riddled civilian cars - at least one with a body still inside. Houses are caved in by shelling, their driveways ploughed over by tanks. Residents have described Russian soldiers shooting civilians outside their homes with no provocation, and satellite imagery shows that bodies were in lying in the streets while the Russians were still in control.