17 Oct 2016 12:39

DPR announces three days' mourning for militiaman Motorola

DONETSK. Oct 17 (Interfax) - The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has announced three days' mourning for militia commander Arseny Pavlov, a.k.a. Motorola.

"The head of the Donetsk People's Republic has issued an order [...] declaring three days' mourning (from October 17 till October 19) for DPR hero, Col. Arseny Pavlov," the press service of the administration of DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko told the press.

Zakharchenko said earlier that Pavlov was killed in an elevator explosion on his way home.