Russian diplomats expelled from Berlin over death of Chechen rebel

A general view of the Russian embassy after Germany expelled two Russian diplomats in Berlin, Germany, December 4 2019. Picture: REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Georgian national, was shot twice in the head at close range in Kleiner Tiergarten park on August 23, allegedly by a Russian man who was arrested shortly afterwards. The suspect in the killing was said to be riding a bicycle and was seen by witnesses afterwards throwing the bike and a stone-laden bag with a gun into a river. Police also recovered a wig he was alleged to have used.

Speaking after the Nato summit in the UK, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany acted “because we have not seen Russia supporting us in clearing up this murder”. She said she did not expect any effect on a Ukraine summit planned for December 9 in Paris in which Russian President Vladimir Putin is also due to take part.

Prosecutors said the man’s features matched those of a suspect in a 2013 murder in Moscow in which the suspect also approached the victim on a bicycle.

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