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Daniel Keane

Chief ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says Ukraine is ‘crime scene’ after visit to Bucha

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova visit a site of a mass grave in the town of Bucha

(Picture: REUTERS)

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has branded Ukraine a “crime scene” as he visited the town of Bucha, where hundreds of civilians are believed to have been slaughtered by Russian forces.

Karim Khan QC, the first Briton to lead the ICC in The Hague, said that his team had “reasonable grounds” to believe war crimes had been committed by Vladimir Putin’s troops.

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