Viktor Pimenov

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Viktor Pimenov was a cameraman for Vaynakh Television, a Chechen station supported by Moscow-backed forces.

[edit] Death

On March 11, 1996, he was fatally shot in the back by a sniper positioned on the roof of a 16-story building in Grozny, the Chechen capital. Pimenov had been filming the devastation caused by the March 6-9 rebel raid on the city. [1] It was alleged he was singled out as a target. [2]

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