Fund for victims of April repression donates apartment to family of young man who was killed during the repression campaign

The April 7 Fund, coordinated by the Liberal Democratic Party, donated an apartment to the family of Valeriu Boboc today. Mr. Boboc died as a result of bodily harm inflicted on him around the night of April 7-8.

After authorities announced that the Party of Communists won legislative elections on April 5, peaceful protesters came out into the street on April 6 and 7 to demonstrate against alleged election fraud. At one point on April 7, a group of violent protesters began throwing rocks at police officers in front of the Parliament and Presidency, eventually made their way into the buildings, and set a few floors on fire.

On the night of April 7, authorities started a mass repression campaign that ended in the arrest of about 700 people and the torture and beating of around 300 of them, according to a Soros Foundation report.

Valeriu Boboc's death was tied to the police repression on that night, although it is still unclear who killed him. Authorities initially denied that Mr. Boboc had died because of violent beatings, but pictures of the dead body reveal a large hole in his head. One of these pictures made their way onto the front page of a major Romanian daily (caution: the picture is rather shocking).

Valeriu Boboc's wife and father thanked Prime Minister Vlad Filat, who is Liberal Democratic Party head and was the one who handed the keys to the apartment over to Ms. Boboc.

"I hope that my son's death will also mean the death of Communism in Moldova," said Valeriu's father Victor, who urged Mr. Filat to find those responsible for his son's killing.

Valeriu Boboc had a wife and a young child.

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