Kidnapping Attempt, Slaying Linked To Chechen President
April 28 2010
An Austrian investigation has concluded that Chechnya's president was behind last year's botched kidnapping of a Chechen whistle-blower in Vienna.
President Ramzan Kadyrov ordered the kidnapping attempt that led to the fatal shooting of Umar Israilov in Vienna, the New York Times reports, citing a lengthy probe made by Austria's counterterrorism department.
A group of four Chechens sought to snatch Israilov, a former bodyguard and mid-level official in Kadyrov's paramilitary...
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