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Chechen Poet Murdered in Moscow
According to this BBC article, Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov was shot dead in Moscow, in what police are calling a “contract killing.”
From the article:
The 58-year-old was shot several times by an unidentified gunman as he left his car outside his home in north-west Moscow on Tuesday night.
Mr Akhtakhanov had opposed the Chechen separatist movement, believing Chechnya should remain part of Russia.
“An unknown person shot at Akhtakhanov twice: first in the leg and then in the head,” the Investigations Committee of Russia said in a statement.
The Interfax news agency quoted police sources as saying that Mr Akhtakhanov was shot at about midnight and that the killer escaped in a car which was later found several blocks away.
A pistol with a silencer was found in the car.
Posted in Poetry News on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 by Harriet Staff.