Two Russians detained in Sweden over hammer attack on Chechen blogger

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Two Russians are being held in Sweden suspected of the attempted murder of a prominent blogger and critic of the Chechen government last month, ...

FILE PHOTO: Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov delivers a speech outside a new mosque REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev - RC189CA94570/File PhotoShare this contentSTOCKHOLM: Two Russians are being held in Sweden suspected of the attempted murder of a prominent blogger and critic of the Chechen government last month, authorities said on Friday .

Abdurakhmanov live-streamed the aftermath of the attack, standing over a bloodied man on the ground, asking him in Russian:"Who sent you? Where are you from?"Stensson told Reuters the prosecution was working from the video, which was widely shared on social media but could not be independently verified.

A former executive at an electricity company, he fled Chechnya after a dispute sparked by a road incident when his car accidentally blocked the motorcade of a Kadyrov family member in 2015, the Kommersant newspaper reported.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov last week played down the incident and the attacks on critics of the Chechen leader, saying:"We are not inclined to draw parallels."

 

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