Mongolia opposition candidate killed during election campaign
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Ulaanbaatar: A Mongolian opposition candidate was beaten to death, authorities said Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections due this month. The vi...
Ulaanbaatar: A Mongolian opposition candidate was beaten to death, authorities said Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections due this month.
The victim was a member of the Democratic Party (DP) and a governor of Sant Sum in central Mongolia, police said in a statement without revealing his identity.
The man was killed on Saturday, police said, adding that the circumstances surrounding the attack have yet to be clarified.
Local media named the man as B. Bayanmunkh, while a statement by his party identified him as "BB".
The DP said it was saddened that "a star of democracy... has lost his life at the hands of others".