 Aslan Maskhadov, the top Chechen rebel commander, was shot dead by his nephew who was acting as his bodyguard, a court investigation has shown.| Drat. For a moment I thought it was RB commenter Bodyguard. |
The Russian daily newspaper Kommersant writes that the results of ballistic tests were read out on Thursday at a court session hearing the case of four of Maskhadovâs accomplices. The forensic experts have found that the bullet extracted from Maskhadovâs head had been fired from the pistol that belonged to his nephew Viskhan Khadzhimuratov, who acted as bodyguard for the so called president of the republic of Ichkeria. Khadzhimuratov himself said that he did not remember if he had shot Maskhadov, but admitted that Maskhadov had asked him to kill him if capture seemed inevitable and that he kept the gun ready for that purpose. âUncle always told me to shoot him if he was wounded and they attempted to take him prisoner. He said that if he was taken prisoner they would taunt him as they taunted Saddam Hussein,â Khadzhimuratov said.| Neener, neener. You're still dead, and we taunt you even now. |
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