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Topic: King of Russian Mafia ‘Grandpa
Hassan’ killed by sniper in Moscow |
King of Russian Mafia ‘Grandpa
Hassan’ killed by sniper in Moscow
Russia Today (Moscow), by Staff
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Posted By:drive, 1/16/2013 8:45:33 AM
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| One of Russia’s most notorious criminal masterminds, Mafia godfather Aslan Usoyan, also known as ‘Grandpa Hassan,’ was shot dead by a sniper rifle in central Moscow on Wednesday, police said. A sniper fired six shots at Usoyan from the window of a nearby house as the 75-year-old was walking out of a restaurant in Moscow’s Arbat district. His bodyguards failed to cover him in time, and the crime boss died from his injuries on the way to hospital. A woman walking out of the restaurant at the same time
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 1/16/2013 8:55:07 AM (No. 9119522)
The body guards failed to cover him? The way the Russian mob operates they may have led him to his death.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
rarebear, 1/16/2013 9:11:17 AM (No. 9119551)
Left unanswered: what happened to the cannoli?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
voxpop, 1/16/2013 9:15:32 AM (No. 9119563)
It´s nuthin´ personal, it´s just business.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
woodsman, 1/16/2013 10:28:53 AM (No. 9119766)
See how well total gun control works!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 1/16/2013 10:36:24 AM (No. 9119789)
Would not put it past Putin to have ordered this. Remember the journalists that have died mysteriously after they have spoken against the state? Maybe Grandpa was trying a little too much muscle against Putin and this was his reply.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Historian58, 1/16/2013 10:50:45 AM (No. 9119838)
He was killed by a gunman. Any sniper who would use six rounds from across the street to hit a target would be seriously in need of training. Two rounds should suffice. Six rounds from under two hundred yards? Maybe one hundred yards? The reporter or headline writer for this story does not understand the difference between a shooter and a sniper. Accurate terminology counts. Pun intended.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bevan, 1/16/2013 11:10:15 AM (No. 9119892)
"was shot dead by a sniper rifle in central Moscow on Wednesday," So Russian police are looking for a sniper rifle, not a shooter.
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