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RFE/RL: Islamic State claims responsibility for fatal Chechnya knife attack

Published Jan. 1, 2021 at 5:43 pm

Police blocks a street near the site of a shooting in Gerasdorf, near Vienna, on July 4, 2020. - Austrian police have arrested a Russian from Chechnya over the fatal shooting of a Chechen dissident, officials said. (Photo by HERBERT P. OCZERET / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT

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The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack against police last month in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya.

The Al-Naba newspaper, which is affiliated with Islamic State, made the claim on December 31 without providing any evidence or details.