Monday, July 6, 2020

Are Chechen Exiles Being Hunted Down?

The reported victim, Mamikhan Umarov, was known as Anzor of Vienna.

DW: Austria: Two arrested after Chechen dissident shot dead

Austria's counter-terrorism unit is probing the murder of an ethnic Chechen man near the city of Vienna. Speculation is growing that the killing was a political assassination connected to Ramzan Kadyrov's region.

Austrian counter-terrorism authorities have begun an investigation after a 43-year-old man believed to be an ethnic Chechen was shot dead near the capital Vienna, police officials said Sunday.

The attack took place Saturday evening in Gerasdorf near Vienna in the driveway of a construction company.

Austrian police say they have detained a 47-year-old Russian man following a car chase in the city of Linz, about 180 kilometers east of the capital.

A second man, who had initially been considered a witness, was arrested later on Sunday and taken in investigative custody, a court spokesman said.

"The circumstances of the crime are unclear," police said but added that Austria's State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism is now handling the investigation.

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More News On The Death Of A Chechen Dissident Murdered In Austria

Russian Shot Dead Near Vienna Was Reportedly A Kadyrov Critic -- RFE
Russians arrested in Austria over killing of Chechen dissident -- The Guardian/AFP
Austria police probe murder of Chechan critic as political hit -- FOX News
Russian man killed in Austria had declined police protection -- AP
Russian citizen arrested in Austria over shooting of ‘Chechen refugee’, sparking media speculation of ‘contract killing’ -- RT

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

After Al Qaeda, the Tsaernaev brothers, etc, many people do not give a shit.

Anonymous said...

I care but have no idea who the players are in this conflict. Was the Kremlin behind this murder? Sorry I'm retarded in the whole Chechen conflict.. I hope they get the murderer(s)