STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - France's ethnic Chechens, mindful that many of their youth have fought jihad in Iraq or Syria, sought Monday to reckon with the deadly Islamist knife rampage in Paris by one of their own. The number of Chechens in France is impossible to determine because they are part of the overall Russian community. The French Office for the Protection of Refugees (Ofpra) says around 15,000 Russian refugees live in France including many Chechens. Many are in Paris and eastern France, notably in Strasbourg which hosts the European Court of Human Rights. In the southeastern Riviera city of Nice, an imam who represents the Chechen community told AFP: "It's difficult for us today because there are young people who are manipulated."

Source: Bangkok Post May 14, 2018 22:41 UTC