WARSAW/VIENNA: A man accused of taking part in the murder of a Chechen exile who claimed to have been tortured by Chechnya’s president has been arrested in Poland, Warsaw police said yesterday. The victim, 27-year-old Umar Israilov, had initiated legal proceedings against Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in Austria last summer. However, Vienna prosecutors have not confirmed that the lethal shooting by two men on January 13 was politically motivated. An anti-terrorism unit arrested 31-year-old Turpal Ali J, a Russian of Chechen origin who cannot be fully named for legal reasons, in a hotel near Warsaw on February 19. Austrian authorities had issued a European arrest warrant for J, who is expected to be extradited to Vienna soon. According to Warsaw police, the several dozen officers involved in the “extremely dangerous” police operation also detained two ... |