DPR People's Council Lawmaker Confirms Zakharchenko's Death In Cafe Blast

DPR People's Council Lawmaker Confirms Zakharchenko's Death in Cafe Blast

A lawmaker of the People's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic confirmed reports about the death of DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko in a bomb explosion in downtown Donetsk on Friday.

DONETSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st August, 2018) A lawmaker of the People's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic confirmed reports about the death of DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko in a bomb explosion in downtown Donetsk on Friday.

"The DPR leader died in the explosion at the Separ cafe," Vladislav Berdichevky told reporters.

A local security source earlier told Sputnik that Zakharchenko was killed in a blast in the Separ cafe in downtown Donetsk.