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A respected judge - and three members of his family - have been beheaded in a medieval-style massacre in Ukraine.

The corpses were left at the scene but the heads of Judge Vladimir Trofimov, his wife Irina, their son Sergei, and the son's partner, Marina Zoueva, are all missing.

Police are uncertain what weapon was used - but say it could be a machete, a sword or an axe.

The sinister attack on the family happened on Saturday, as the judge, his 59-year-old wife, 30-year-old son, and his 29-year-old partner, relaxed at home in their apartment in the eastern city of Kharkiv.

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