Jugs that contained sulfuric acid found near Yekaterinburg

YEKATERINBURG, August 25 (Itar-Tass) - Archeologists found fragments
of jugs that used to contain sulfuric acid, which provides more hard
evidence in the case of the murder of the last Russian emperor, deputy
chief of the archeological department of the Sverdlovsk region's Research
and Production Center for Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural
Monuments Sergei Pogorelov told Itar-Tass on Monday.
"We began diggings several days ago, and already we have results. Some
distance from the locations where the members of the last tsar's family
were burnt, we found several caches, where Bolsheviks had hidden the
fragments of jugs that used to contain sulfuric acid. The acid was
splashed on the bodies before they were set on fire. The fragments of jugs
can be seen now. We believe we've found at least three," Pogorelov said.
Remains of members of the tsar's family were found near Yekaterinburg
in 1991 and in 2007. The studies, confirmed by forensic examinations by
Russian scientists and specialists from U.S. and Austrian labs, showed
that the fragments of bodies found near Yekaterinburg were indeed those of
Nicholas II and members of his family.
The Investigations Committee of the Prosecutor General's Office, on
the strength of this information, stopped, on January 15, 2009, the
investigation into the criminal case over the circumstances of the death
and burial of the last Russian tsar.
-0-myz