Suriname Foreign Relations Ussr

Stasis Obukauskas, 41, second secretary and consul at the Soviet Embassy in Suriname, was found shot to death, his body lying in a gutter in Paramaribo, capital of the South American nation, police said. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the killing, and the motive was unknown. Obukauskas had been in Suriname about 2 1/2 years. There was no comment from the Soviet Embassy. Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands in 1975.

Three Surinamese men were arrested in connection with the slaying of a Soviet diplomat during an apparent robbery, police said. The three were captured in the western district of Nickerie, which borders the South American nation of Guyana, while trying to sell the diplomat's car, police said. Stasis Obukauskas, 41, consul and second secretary in the Soviet Embassy, had left home in the car before being found shot to death in the capital, Paramaribo, police said.

Three Surinamese men were arrested in connection with the slaying of a Soviet diplomat during an apparent robbery, police said. The three were captured in the western district of Nickerie, which borders the South American nation of Guyana, while trying to sell the diplomat's car, police said. Stasis Obukauskas, 41, consul and second secretary in the Soviet Embassy, had left home in the car before being found shot to death in the capital, Paramaribo, police said.

Stasis Obukauskas, 41, second secretary and consul at the Soviet Embassy in Suriname, was found shot to death, his body lying in a gutter in Paramaribo, capital of the South American nation, police said. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the killing, and the motive was unknown. Obukauskas had been in Suriname about 2 1/2 years. There was no comment from the Soviet Embassy. Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands in 1975.