Said-Khusein Magomadov

Affiliated media: Video blogger

Incident date: July 21, 2021

Attack type:

Attempted murder

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Austria, Bregenz

Additional information:

Two natives of Chechnya were detained in Austria for planning an assassination attempt on Said-Khusein Magomadov. The political refugee blogger was planned to be blown up in Bregenz. The video blogger's relatives in Chechnya received threats. In October 2020, they recorded a video in which they disowned the dissident.

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