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'Stalin victims' found in Belarus

Soviet bullets were found with the remains at Glubokoye, a village which had been in Poland but fell into Soviet hands in 1939.

A youth group discovered the remains earlier this week, reports say.

Local historians said the victims had most probably been shot by the NKVD secret police between 1939 and 1941.

Read entire article at BBC