Family ‘horrified’ by video of sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group defector
by Pjotr Sauer from World news | The Guardian on (#65TJW)
Kremlin-linked private military group posted video on Telegram of apparent execution in Russia of Yevgeny Nuzhin
Family members of a former Russian prison inmate, who defected to Ukraine after being recruited by the Kremlin-linked private military group Wagner, have expressed horror" over his apparent execution after a gruesome video emerged on Friday that showed him being repeatedly struck with a sledgehammer.
Footage of the summary killing of Yevgeny Nuzhin was posted over the weekend by the Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone. In the video, Nuzhin was shown lying down with his head taped to a brick wall as an unidentified man in combat clothing hits him with a sledgehammer.
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