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21 Nov 2015
Moscow (AFP) - Russia has offered to send an Alsatian puppy to France in a gesture of solidarity after a police dog was killed during a raid on jihadists linked to the Paris attacks.
Moscow (AFP) - Russia has offered to send an Alsatian puppy to France in a gesture of solidarity after a police dog was killed during a raid on jihadists linked to the Paris attacks.
Russia's
interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said he had written to his French
counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve offering to send a puppy named Dobrynya to
replace Diesel, a Belgian Shepherd killed in a huge raid north of Paris last
Wednesday.
Kolokoltsev
said that as "a sign of solidarity with the people and police of
France," he was offering the puppy, which "will be able to occupy the
place in service of the police dog Diesel killed during a special operation to
neutralise terrorists."
The dog is
named after a hero of Russian folk legend, Dobrynya Nikitch, famed for his
strength, goodness and courage, he added.
The
ministry late Friday posted pictures of the small fluffy puppy and a video of
him playing with a ball, which can be viewed here: https://mvd.ru/news/item/6802710.
The puppy
was also shown on state television on Saturday.
Dobrynya is
two months old and lives at a police dog centre in the Moscow region, Channel
One television reported. He will have to undergo medical checks and quarantine
before going to France.
Two
dog-handlers from Moscow police's special forces also posed with their dogs and
signs with the hashtag "Je Suis Diesel" on the service's Instagram
account.
"Our
four-legged friends also serve the police, protecting society from terrorist
threats," the Moscow police service said.
The hashtag
#JeSuisChien (I am a dog) trended on Twitter after French police announced that
seven-year-old Diesel died in the raid targeting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the
suspected ringleader of the November 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130
people.
Three
people died during the massive operation at the apartment in Saint-Denis north
of Paris -- Abaaoud, his cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen, and a suicide bomber who
has yet to be identified.
Seven
people arrested during the raid were freed on Saturday.
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