Imago Images/Olaf Wagner
Zelimkhan Khangoshvil was walking through the Kleiner Tiergarten park on his way to the mosque at midday on August 23rd last year when a man on a bicycle approached him from behind.
The stranger drew level, pulled out a silenced Glock 26 pistol and shot Khangoshvil in the chest. Both men were knocked to the ground. But the assailant rose to his feet, approached his victim and pulled the trigger a second, and then a third time.
Both bullets struck Khangoshvil in the head, killing him instantly.
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