Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen dissident known for his vocal criticism of Chechnya’s strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has reportedly been killed.
According to Chechen opposition movement 1ADAT, the dissident blogger was reportedly killed shortly after going missing in Sweden.
“Tumso was shot at night by a group of people,” 1ADAT said in a social media post Monday, citing unidentified sources.
1ADAT also claimed that Abdurakhmanov’s brother Muhammad had been “hidden away by the intelligence services.”
Anzor Maskhadov, a prominent figure among Chechenya’s European diaspora, confirmed Abdurakhmanov’s death. The news was later reported by Radio Svoboda, an affiliate of U.