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A prominent journalist was killed by a car bomb in Ukraine's capital while driving to work. An explosive device detonated at about 8 a.m. in Kyiv when Pavel Sheremet, a 44-year-old native of Belarus, was on his way to the Vesti radio station for his morning show, police said on July 20 in a statement. The vehicle was owned by Olena Prytula, head of popular online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, where Sheremet also worked. Prytula wasn't in the car.

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