Missing Belarus activist Vitaly Shishov found dead in park – BBC News

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The head of a group helping people who have fled Belarus, Vitaly Shishov, has been found dead near his home in neighbouring Ukraine.

Vitaly Shishov’s body was found hanged in a park in Kyiv, a day after he failed to return from a jog.

Police said they were investigating whether he had been killed and his death made to look like suicide.

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