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Remains of terror victims in mass grave at Moscow zoo

Friday 12 August 1994 23:02 BST
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A workman displays a human skull and bones found under a bear cage at Moscow Zoo. They were from a mass grave that could date from the Stalin reign of terror of the 1930s. Some skulls had single bullet holes - trademark of the NKVD secret police, forerunner of the KGB.

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