Prigozhin plane crash: Wagner bodies taken to Russian mortuary for investigation

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Breaking news - The bodies of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner lieutenants have reportedly been taken to a local mortuary after their plane crashed north of Moscow.

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Russian media had previously reported that eight bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the mercenary boss’ Embraer Legacy 600 jet in the Tver region.

The remains were apparently too badly burned to identify, with one of them said to be missing a head.

According to Fontanka, a St Petersburg-based publication: “The bodies of the victims were found near the crash site, they were sent to the judicial morgue in Tver.”

Dmitry Utkin, a Wagner co-founder whose callsign gave the paramilitary group its name, is also believed to have been killed in the crash.

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