Salman Tepsurkaev - Justice for Journalists

Salman Tepsurkaev

Affiliated media: 1ADAT Telegram channel, Moderator

Incident date: September 15, 2020

Attack type:

  • Murder

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 1ADAT Telegram channel

Location: Russia, Chechen Republic, Dzhalka

Additional information:

Salman Tepsurkaev, the moderator of the 1ADAT Telegram channel, has been killed, says Olga Sadovskaya, a lawyer with the Team Against Torture, in an interview with Katerina Gordeeva. "Salman was killed on September 15, 2020, at a military training ground in the village of Dzhalka. Salman was tied up, put a grenade in his mouth and blew him up from a distance," the 1ADAT Telegram channel reported.

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