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| Man stabs anchor in throat at Russian radio station Echo of Moscow | Man stabs anchor in throat at Russian radio station Echo of Moscow |
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| A man armed with a knife attacked and injured a female journalist after forcing his way in the Echo of Moscow radio station in Moscow, its editor-in-chief reported. The woman was taken to hospital. | A man armed with a knife attacked and injured a female journalist after forcing his way in the Echo of Moscow radio station in Moscow, its editor-in-chief reported. The woman was taken to hospital. |
| Tatiana Felgengauer was stabbed in the throat by the assailant, Aleksey Venediktov reported. The attacker was subdued by the station’s security guards, he added. Felgengauer, 32, is the deputy editor-in-chief and host of one of the station’s talk shows. She first appeared on-air in 2005 as an intern correspondent and has been working for Echo of Moscow even since. | Tatiana Felgengauer was stabbed in the throat by the assailant, Aleksey Venediktov reported. The attacker was subdued by the station’s security guards, he added. Felgengauer, 32, is the deputy editor-in-chief and host of one of the station’s talk shows. She first appeared on-air in 2005 as an intern correspondent and has been working for Echo of Moscow even since. |
| Venediktov later said Felgengauer’s life is not in danger. | Venediktov later said Felgengauer’s life is not in danger. |
| “The doctors said she is in a serious condition, but her life is not under a threat,” he told Interfax. | “The doctors said she is in a serious condition, but her life is not under a threat,” he told Interfax. |
| Vitaly Ruvinsky, the editor-in-chief of the station’s website, posted a photo of the alleged attacker on his Twitter feed. Another photo apparently shows the moment of the assailant's detention by the police. | Vitaly Ruvinsky, the editor-in-chief of the station’s website, posted a photo of the alleged attacker on his Twitter feed. Another photo apparently shows the moment of the assailant's detention by the police. |
| Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that the attacker had acted out of a personal grudge against Felgengauer. The assailant may be a foreign national, they added, without elaborating on his identity. | Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that the attacker had acted out of a personal grudge against Felgengauer. The assailant may be a foreign national, they added, without elaborating on his identity. |
| Echo of Moscow tweeted that the attacker’s name is Boris Grits. The station also posted a link to a blog, which it believes to belong to the attacker. | |
| Writing alternatively in Russian and English, the author claims to be the victim of “telepathic sexual assault” by the Russian journalist. Felgengauer, the blog claims, “monitors me practically in real-time, knows everything I write or say.” The blog appears to be written by a person living in Israel. | |
| The post dated October 14 includes an open threat: “In a few weeks I am coming to Moscow, and if this does not stop, the consequences may be very unpleasant.” | |
| “One thing I know for sure: I am sick of Tatiana Felgengauer.” | |
| Station staffer Olga Bychkova, who witnessed the attack, told RIA Novosti that the assailant first used a pepper spray to disable the guard manning the entrance to the station building. He also slashed the hand of another security guard as he was being apprehended. | Station staffer Olga Bychkova, who witnessed the attack, told RIA Novosti that the assailant first used a pepper spray to disable the guard manning the entrance to the station building. He also slashed the hand of another security guard as he was being apprehended. |
| According to Venediktov, the attacker didn’t say anything during the attack. Among his personal possessions seized by the police was a plan of the building in which the Echo of Moscow studios are located. The rooms were marked in English, he added. | According to Venediktov, the attacker didn’t say anything during the attack. Among his personal possessions seized by the police was a plan of the building in which the Echo of Moscow studios are located. The rooms were marked in English, he added. |
| A spokesman for the Russian General Prosecutor’s office called the attack “outrageous” and said the office will closely monitor the police investigation into it. | A spokesman for the Russian General Prosecutor’s office called the attack “outrageous” and said the office will closely monitor the police investigation into it. |
| “That was an outrageous incident,” Aleksandr Kurennoy wrote on the office’s Telegram channel. “My words of support to staff at the radio station.” | “That was an outrageous incident,” Aleksandr Kurennoy wrote on the office’s Telegram channel. “My words of support to staff at the radio station.” |
| Echo of Moscow is a popular Russian news and political talk radio station. It prides itself for giving a platform to many opposition voices, as well as those of pro-government activists. | Echo of Moscow is a popular Russian news and political talk radio station. It prides itself for giving a platform to many opposition voices, as well as those of pro-government activists. |