Bodies presumed to be missing surfers from Australia, U.S. had bullet wounds, Mexican officials say
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Three bodies located in Mexico near where three surfers — two Australians and an American — went missing last weekend were found with gunshot wounds, Baja California state prosecutors said Sunday.
While officials are awaiting DNA test results to make an official confirmation on the identity of the victims, there's a high probability the bodies are the missing men, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, the Baja California state attorney general, said Sunday. The bodies were found in the town of Santa Tomas in the Mexican state of Baja California.
The FBI confirmed three bodies were found on Friday. Mexican officials said the bodies were found in a well that's more than 50 feet deep. A fourth body was found in the well, but authorities said they don't believe the final body is related to the missing surfers.
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Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine's northeast targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said Sunday. Thousands of civilians fled the Kharkiv region as the intense battle capitulated more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements in the so-called contested "gray zone" along the Russian border.
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