Maxim Caniscev no victim of April riots, prosecutors say

The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) is denying press reports that a young man named Maxim Caniscev was yet another victim that died during the violent protests in the aftermath of the April 5 elections. In a press release issued on Wednesday the PGO says that Maxim's brother reported him missing as early as since March 11. Maxim's body was found on April 19 washed ashore in Ghidighici, a couple of kilometers from Chisinau. A good-bye letter found in his room points to suicide, the prosecutors said. The highly decomposed state of the body made it impossible to establish the exact date of the death and further investigation is needed to see whether there was any wounding. Earlier, media announced three other deaths at the hand of police, but both the PGO and the Ministry of Interiors strongly denied the allegations.