2 Chechens Held in Slaying of Forbes Editor
Two Chechen men suspected of involvement in the slaying of U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov have been arrested, police said.
Three guns were seized and preliminary tests indicated that one might have been used in the July 9 slaying of Klebnikov, editor of Forbes magazine’s Russian edition, Moscow Police Chief Vladimir Pronin told the Interfax news agency.
Some commentators have said a Chechen link to the slaying was possible, pointing to Klebnikov’s book “Conversations With a Barbarian,” which cast Chechen rebels in a sharply negative light.
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