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Russian investigative committee opens probe into genocide in pskov region during WWII

Moscow, Aug 3 (Sputnik) - The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a criminal probe into the mass killings of civilians in the Pskov region during the World War II, spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said on Monday.
"The main investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case for a crime described in Article 357 of the Russian Criminal Code (Genocide) following a procedural check launched upon detection of a previously unknown mass grave not far from a former death camp in the settlement of Moglino in the Pskov region," Petrenko told reporters.
Forty-six bodies have already been extracted, including nine female bodies showing signs of violent death, the spokeswoman added.
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