INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
officers earlier this week, local media and Chechen opposition groups said Thursday.The alleged assailant was fatally shot after attacking
officers in the town of Achkhoy-Martan on Monday evening
viewing, according to the opposition Telegram channel NIYSO.Videos posted online showed the body of a young man lying on the pavement as a
crowd looked on in silence.Eyewitnesses told the news outlet Caucasus Knot that teachers, students and other state employees were ordered to
unidentified school principal told the outlet.Teachers reported scenes of children in tears and women fainting at the gathering
the body remained in the square hours after the rally ended.Chechen state media claimed the alleged attacker was 17 years old, while NIYSO
The opposition channel also alleged that members of his family had been kidnapped following the incident.The Kremlin dismissed the reports
collective punishment, targeting not only relatives of suspected criminals but also critics of local officials.
