20 October 2004
Veronika Cherkasova
Knife attack
Veronika Cherkasova was working for the independent trade unions' newspaper Solidarnost, having earlier written for the independent Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta and Belorusskaya Gazeta newspapers, was found stabbed to death in her apartment.
Cherkasova, 44, had a 15-year-old son. Minsk prosecutors launched an investigation into the crime.
