Monday, October 26, 2009

Russian Rights Activist Killed

A Russian human-rights activist, Maksharip Aushev, was killed in a highway shooting on Sunday in the Russian province Ingushetia. Aushev is the third human-rights activist killed since July. "This heinous crime was intended to destabilize the region," said Yuns-Bek Yevkurov, the president of Ingushetia, who pledged to find Aushev's killers.

Source: Russian Rights Activist Killed by Shamsudin Bokov of the Associated Press
10/26/09 Star Tribune print edition

3 comments:

  1. Wow, that's really sad. The first two stories that I read have been deaths!

    Good job at summarizing your article though! I liked how you included the quote.

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  2. I just don't understand how people can do stuff like that. But you did a great job.

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  3. Good job on your summary. It's good that you added that quote.

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