Kateryna Handziuk

Kateryna Handziuk
Катерина Гандзюк
Handziuk picture as seen during a March 2019 rally in Kherson in her honour
Born(1985-06-17)17 June 1985
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR[1]
Died (aged 33)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Cause of deathInjuries sustained from acid attack
NationalityUkrainian
Occupation(s)Anti-corruption activist, campaigner, political advisor

Kateryna Viktorivna Handziuk (Ukrainian: Катерина Вікторівна Гандзюк; 17 June 1985 – 4 November 2018)[2] was a Ukrainian civil rights and anti-corruption activist campaigner and political advisor, who exposed corruption in her hometown of Kherson.[3] She was attacked with sulphuric acid on 31 July 2018, and died from her injuries on 4 November 2018.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 10324443unian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ukrainische Aktivistin stirbt nach Säureanschlag" [Ukrainian activist dies after acid attack]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 5 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Ukrainian anti-corruption activist dies after acid attack". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ Roth, Andrew (2018-11-05). "Ukraine activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies from acid attack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ Mendel, Iuliia (5 November 2018). "Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainian Activist, Dies From Acid Attack". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.