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An American paramedic killed after an explosion in Ukraine previously worked in Tucson.

Joseph Stone, 36, was with the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe (OSCE) when he died Sunday. The agency says he was a paramedic with the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM). The SMM is an unarmed, civilian mission that helps to stabilize the region and work to reduce tensions throughout Ukraine.

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