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Dmitry Konovalov (L) and Vladislav Kovalyov (R) sit in a guarded cage during a court hearing in Minsk in this September 15, 2011 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko/Files MINSK | Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:01pm EDT MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus has executed two men convicted for a fatal 2011 metro bomb attack, despite protests from European human rights groups and calls for a re-trial, state news agency BelTA said on Saturday. The executions are likely to further sour already strained relations between the former Soviet republic and the European Union whose ambassadors left Belarus this month in a diplomatic row triggered by fresh EU sanctions. Belarus is the only country in Europe to retain the death penalty and rights groups had urged it not to carry out the death sentences on two 25-year-old factory workers, Vladislav Kovalyov and Dmitry Konovalov. But state news agency BelTA said in a brief report on Saturday that both men had been executed. "I condemn the execution of Vladislav Kovalyov and regret that Alexander Lukashenko has ignored all international appeals to waive the death penalty," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement on Saturday. Only Kovalyov's execution had been announced when Westerwelle made his remarks. Konovalov and Kovalyov were sentenced last November for carrying out the attack at the "October" metro station at rush hour in central Minsk which killed 15 people and wounded dozens more. "We received a letter from the Supreme Court this morning ... saying that the sentence had been carried out," Tatyana Kovalyova, Kovalyov's sister, told Reuters. "The letter was dated March 16. They did everything very quickly." At the pair's trial, Kovalyov said he had never confessed and had only agreed to testify against his childhood friend Konovalov after hearing his screams from a nearby jail cell. After being convicted he asked President Alexander Lukashenko for clemency. Earlier this week, Lukashenko said he had refused to pardon the two, citing the gravity of the crime. Lukashenko, an autocratic leader in power since 1994, has kept his country out of the European mainstream. Belarus' relations with the EU are at a low after a crackdown on political opposition following mass protests against Lukashenko's re-election in December 2010. On Saturday, European Parliament President Martin Schultz said he was "appalled" by the execution. "The death penalty is irrevocable, inhumane and degrading," he said. (Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; Additional reporting by Gareth Jones in Berlin; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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