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Chechnya strongman condemns murder of teacher in France
October 18, 2020 By Faith Matters

Chechnya strongman condemns murder of teacher in France

Chechnya’s strongman regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has used massive federal subsidies to rebuild the province and squelched any resistance with his feared security forces, has condemned the killing of a teacher in France. An 18-year-old from Chechnya claimed responsibility for the attack in a Paris suburb before being shot by the police. Mr Kadyrov […]

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Suspect in French beheading horror was Chechen teenager
October 17, 2020 By Faith Matters

Suspect in French beheading horror was Chechen teenager

A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen, French police said. Authorities investigating the horrific killing of the man in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine have also arrested nine suspects, including the grandparents, parents and 17-year-old brother of the suspected attacker. The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam’s […]

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Three years after Boston bombing, film shows distress of attacker’s friends
April 9, 2016 By Faith Matters

Three years after Boston bombing, film shows distress of attacker’s friends

A new short produced by high school classmates of one of the Boston Marathon bombers, depicts their lives following the attack. For days after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Americans were glued to the news, eager to know who had planted the homemade devices that ripped through the crowd at the finish line, killing three […]

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