The slain leader of a Russian-backed republic in Ukraine was reportedly killed by a bomb planted on a chandelier

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• The prime minister of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko was assassinated last week by an explosive device placed in a floor lamp or chandelier. 
• The explosion also killed Zakharchenko's bodyguard, Vyacheslav "Slavyan" Dotsenko, and wounded two others, including Alexander Timofeyev, the DPR's finance minister. 
• The perpetrator was most likely near the cafe and saw Zakharchenko enter before he or she detonated the bomb. 

The prime minister of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine was killed last week by a bomb placed in a chandelier or floor lamp, according to Kommersant, a Russian media outlet. 

Alexander Zakharchenko was killed about 5 p.m. last Friday in an explosion at a downtown Donetsk cafe called "Separ," meaning Separatist.

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