Missing Belarus activist Vitaly Shishov found hanged in Kyiv park

Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based NGO, was found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police say.

A Belarusian activist has been found dead in a park near his home in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a day after he was reported missing, police said. Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution, had been reported missing by his partner on Monday after not returning home from a run. He could not be reached on his mobile phone. “Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, who disappeared yesterday in Kyiv, was found hanged today in one of Kyiv’s parks, not far from his place of residence,” Ukrainian police statement said in a statement on Tuesday.