Scientists solve Russian royal murder mystery
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Russian scientists believe they've solved a 90-year-old Russian royal murder mystery.
Our Moscow correspondent, Scott Bevan, reports DNA tests have confirmed human remains found a year ago are those of two children of the last Tsar of Russia.
Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and five children were shot in the early hours of July 17, 1918 by Bolshevik revolutionaries.
In 1991, the parents and three of the children's remains were unearthed.
That fuelled rumours that two may have somehow escaped execution, but now DNA analysis of remains found last year in another burial site seems to have ended the speculation.
Russian investigators say the results confirm they're the two missing children.
Some members of the Imperial House and the Russian Orthodox Church remain sceptical of the findings, and wonder if the announcement has been carefully timed, with today being the 90th anniversary of the family's execution.
