The manager of a regional television station in eastern Ukraine, beaten earlier this week by unknown assailants, died of his injuries Saturday, hospital officials told AFP.
Igor Alexandrov died at 9:00 am (0600 GMT) due to massive head trauma, Klavdia Krasnokutskaya said in the eastern city of Slavyansk.
Alexandrov, the 45-year-old director of TOR television, fell into a coma after as yet unidentified assailants beat him with baseball bats in the stairwell of the building where the station's offices are located.
Colleagues of Alexandrov have linked the attack to his investigative reporting on corruption and organized crime in the region.
"It is a great loss for our city, where everyone knew him to be an honest and unwavering journalist," Krasnokutskaya told AFP -- KIEV (AFP)
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