Iryna Senyk victim of assault

KYIV - Unknown assailants severely beat up a well-known political activist, former political prisoner and poet, Iryna Senyk, in the town of Boryslav, Lviv region, on February 26, reported the UNIAN news agency, as cited by BBC Monitoring. The attack happened after Ms. Senyk made an appeal in support of former Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko's Our Ukraine election bloc in Truskavets.

Ms. Senyk was attacked at 10:30 a.m. at her flat by three thugs, who broke into her flat, tied her up and beat her up severely. Ms. Senyk was admitted to a hospital in poor condition with serious injuries to internal organs. An inquiry has been launched to investigate the attack.

The head of the Our Ukraine bloc's local headquarters, Pavlo Maidaniuk, has called the crime a vendetta against a political activist who has been supporting the Our Ukraine election bloc with her reputation and words.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 3, 2002, No. 9, Vol. LXX

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