Chechnya activist's murder sparks international outrage
By Aydar Buribayev and Amie Ferris-Rotman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The abduction and murder of a prominent human rights activist from Chechnya sparked international outrage on Thursday and her grieving supporters asked "Who is next?."
Friends carried Natalia Estemirova's body from neighboring Ingushetia, where she was dumped in woodland after she was abducted as she left home, and buried her in Chechnya.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia to clarify the circumstances surrounding her killing.
"I expressed my shock at the death," Merkel said after meeting Russian President Dimitry Medvedev in Germany.
Medvedev called it "a very sad event" and said he was determined to find and punish Estemirova's killers.
His remarks contrasted to those of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who when president in 2006 was dismissive of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, saying she had "minimal influence" on Russian society.
Politkovskaya was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building in 2006. Nobody has been convicted of her murder. 続く...
殺人ビデオに映った容疑者を逮捕
イタリアの警察は１９日、今年５月にナポリで発生した殺人事件で、目撃者の協力を呼びかけるため事件発生時の映像を公開していたが、この映像に映っていた容疑者を逮捕したと発表した。
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