Russia denies ordering assassination of Chechen exile in Berlin

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, shot in broad daylight, had survived two previous attempts on life

The Russian government has denied responsibility for the killing of a Chechen exile in Berlin, after German authorities reportedly voiced suspicions of a state-backed attack similar to that carried out against a former Russian military officer in Salisbury, Britain, in 2018.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who fought against Russia during the second Chechen war in the early 2000s, was shot twice in the head at close range in the Kleiner Tiergarten park, in central Berlin, just before midday last Friday.