Austria: Vienna protest against killing of ethnic Chechen

Protesters took to the streets in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Tuesday to demonstrate against the killing of a Chechen activist over the weekend.

The activist was named locally as Anzor Umarov.

Austrian media has reported that the killing of the 43-year-old ethnic Chechen, who had lived in Austria for more than a decade, was being considered as a possible political assassination.

Around 50 people took part in Tuesday's protest. They accused Russia - and Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov - of being responsible for the death.

Austrian authorities said the motive remained unclear, but that a political motive was possible.

A 47-year-old Russian man was detained in Linz late Saturday, shortly after the killing.

Another Russian who came to the scene with the victim was detained in connection with the killing in Gerasdorf, the Vienna suburb where the crime took place, police said.

Saturday's killing follows several other attacks on Chechens abroad in recent years.