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MOSCOW – A notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, separatist officials said.

The separatist Donetsk News Agency said that Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, was killed on Oct. 16 in Donetsk when a bomb exploded in an elevator in an apartment building where he was staying. He is one of several prominent warlords who have been killed in bombings in the past year which Ukraine watchers attribute to infighting among the separatists. Pavlov once admitted killing 15 prisoners of war.

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