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Isis claim responsibility for knife rampage in Surgut
[THESUN.CO.UK] A KNIFEMAN wearing a fake suicide belt has been rubbed out by police after stabbing seven people in Russia ‐ with Isis claiming responsibility for the attack.The man, named locally as 19-year-old Artur Gadzhiev, was bumped off by cops after going on a horrific stabbing spree in Surgut on Saturday. Claims have since emerged that the teen's father, Lametulakh, was registered with Russian police as an "extremist" and was a "supporter" of radical Islam. The suspect had previously been named locally as a 23-year-old, but news outlet media since claimed his real name was Artur, a teen from Dagestan ...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republiccurrently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca... , a strongly Moslem region of Russia in the Caucasus. Footage showing the suspect trying to flee the scene has also been caught on CCTV, with the man appearing to throw something away before being shot. Russia's Investigations Committee have said they launched a probe into the horror that unfolded about 11.20am local time - with ISIS since having claimed that it was responsible for the attack. They said: "An unidentified man armed with a knife, moving along the central streets of the city, attacked passers-by, causing 7 citizens to be stabbed, according to clarified data. "All the victims were hospitalised with wounds of varying severity." Posted by: Fred 2017-08-20 |
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