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Russia says man who stabbed journalist was Israeli citizen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussian investigators identify the man who stabbed a journalist in the neck as a dual Russian-Israeli citizen, who apparently had a mental illness.
The Investigative Committee, the top state investigative agency that deals with high-profile crimes, says the attacker is 48-year-old Boris Grits.
The committee says Grits, who has Russian and Israeli citizenship, left for Israel in 2003, and came back to Moscow a month ago.
The attacker, after being apprehended, told investigators he had been in “telepathic contact with Felgenhauer” for five years. In a brief video of his interrogation released by Moscow police, he claims the journalist was “haunting” him.
The committee says he would remain in custody and undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
— AP
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