Russian man killed in Austria had declined police protection

Russian man shot dead near Vienna over the weekend had declined police protection before the killing, Austrian police say.

The Associated Press

Austrian media have reported that the killing of the 43-year-old, an ethnic Chechen who had lived in Austria for more than a decade, is being considered as a possible political assassination. A 47-year-old Russian man was detained in Linz late Saturday, shortly after the killing. Another Russian who came to the scene with the victim was detained in connection with the killing in Gerasdorf, the Vienna suburb where the crime took place, police said.

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