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Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Agence France-Presse

   KYIV, UKRAINE - Ukrainian police have detained several people suspected
   of involvement in the slaying of journalist PavelSheremet, who died in
   a car bomb blast in 2016, the country's leadership announced Thursday.
   "Probable killers were detained today," Ukrainian President
   VolodymyrZelenskiysaid during a press briefing in Kyiv with the
   interior minister and general prosecutor.

   "But there is another question: Who ordered it?" he added.

   Five accused

   Two women and three men, all former veterans of the conflict in eastern
   Ukraine, are accused of murderingSheremetwith the aim of "destabilizing
   the situation in the country by killing a famous person," National
   Police chiefYevgenKoval said.
   Sheremet,44,an acclaimed Belarus-born journalist with pro-European
   views, died in July 2016 when his car exploded while he was driving to
   work in central Kyiv.
   The investigation had considered four possible scenarios for
   thekilling: a personal conflict, akillingby
   mistake,Sheremet'sprofessional activities and the destabilization
   theory.

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