2 Executions in Belarus Draw Condemnation MOSCOW - Belarus confirmed in a government television report on Saturday night that the two men convicted of bombing a subway station last year in its capital had been put to death. The executions were condemned by Western officials and international human rights groups, who expressed serious doubts that the men had been guilty. Many in Belarus apparently also have their doubts. On Sunday, people laid flowers and lighted candles at the site of the April 2011 bombing in the Belarus capital, Minsk, in what independent news agencies in the country described as a protest against the executions. At one point, the news agencies reported, someone placed a photo of Vladislav Kovalyov, one of the executed men, outside the subway station where the explosion occurred. Mr. Kovalyov and a childhood friend, Dmitri Konovalov, both 26, were convicted in November and sentenced to death for the bombing, which killed 15 people and injured about 200. Mr. Kovalyov's execution was confirmed by his family members, who received a letter from the Supreme Court on Saturday. The two men were arrested just over a day after the bombing and immediately confessed. But no clear motive was ever established, and Mr. Kovalyov later retracted his confession, saying it was extracted under torture. The speed with which the men were tried and executed has raised further questions. "Normally a death sentence in Belarus is carried out one or two years after it is delivered," Viktor Demidov, a Belarus-based political analyst told the Gazeta.ru news portal. I don't rule out the possibility that in such a high-profile case the execution was carried out with unusual speed because of fears that Konovalov and Kovalyov could say something in a new, fairer investigation that was supposed to remain secret for all time. From the start of the investigation, there has been widespread speculation that the two men had become ensnared in a broader conspiracy, perhaps involving government officials or members of the security services. No serious evidence of such a plot has emerged. Belarussian officials, including President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, have not commented on the executions. Last week, Mr. Lukashenko refused requests from family members and foreign leaders to pardon the men. The press service of the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton, released a statement urging Belarus to adopt a moratorium on capital punishment. Belarus is the only country in Europe that still has the death penalty. "The High Representative is aware of the terrible crimes that these two men were accused of, and her thoughts are with the victims and their families," the statement said. At the same time, the High Representative notes that the two accused were not accorded due process, including the right to defend themselves.