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A female Russian chess champion has been caught connected CCTV smearing pieces pinch mercury to poison her puerility rival up of a contest.
Amina Abakarova, 43, was filmed arsenic she walked into nan tourney hallway of nan Dagestan Chess Championship successful Makhachkala, confederate Russia, past Friday and took what appeared to beryllium a vial retired of her bag.
She went connected to move nan contents of nan vial - which turned retired to beryllium mercury - complete a chess committee and tried to conceal nan liquid by wiping nan committee pinch a chess piece.
The chess committee targeted by Abakarova belongs to Umayganat Osmanova, 30, pinch whom she is said to person been astatine likelihood pinch for years.
Abakarova attacked her rival Osmanova to return revenge for insulting her and her family, according to competitors who said to her astatine nan tournament.
Amina Abakarova, 43, was filmed arsenic she walked into nan tourney hallway of nan Dagestan Chess Championship successful Makhachkala, confederate Russia , past Friday and took what appeared to beryllium a vial retired of her bag
She went connected to move nan contents of nan vial - which turned retired to beryllium mercury - complete a chess committee and tried to conceal nan liquid by wiping nan committee pinch a chess piece
The chess committee targeted by Abakarova (pictured) belongs to Umayganat Osmanova, 30, pinch whom she is said to person been successful conflict pinch for years
Abakarova attacked her rival Osmanova (pictured) to return revenge for insulting her and her family, according to competitors who said to her astatine nan tournament.
Witnesses said that Abakarova had behaved suspiciously 20 minutes earlier nan title started, asking if nan cameras were group up to grounds nan games being played were moving yet.
When she was told they were not, she decided to transportation retired her plan, looking astir to make judge nary 1 was looking arsenic she approached Osmanova's table.
But she did not realise that nan cameras had really been switched connected successful nan tourney hallway fresh for nan arena connected August 2.
Osmanova, who was later sitting astatine nan array wherever nan poison was poured, reportedly sewage severely dizzy and nauseous soon aft nan crippled started.
She was subsequently hospitalised pinch suspected mercury poisoning.
When nan CCTV footage from nan tourney was examined by a judge, nan constabulary were called aft Abakarova was spotted pouring nan constituent complete Osmanova's board.
Abakarova took what appeared to beryllium a vial retired of her container earlier pouring it retired complete her rival's chess board
Chess officials person not waited for nan results of nan constabulary report, and corroborate that Abakarova (pictured) was instantly stripped of her title of Dagestan Chess Champion aft they saw nan footage
Abakarova first put a container down nether 1 array aft entering nan hall, earlier stepping complete to nan array down while looking astir to move nan poison complete her rival's chess board
'We person video impervious showing that 1 of nan players astatine nan Dagestani chess championship, Amina Abakarova [...], applied an unidentified substance, which later turned retired to incorporate mercury, to nan array wherever Umayganat Osmanova [...] was group to play against her,' Sazhid Sazhidov, Russia's curate of sport, told nan Telegraph.
Sazhidov added that he was 'perplexed' by Abakarova's onslaught and that her motives are 'incomprehensible'.
Russian constabulary confirmed that an investigation was started nether nan complaint of 'inflicting bodily harm'.
However, chess officials person not waited for nan results of nan constabulary report, and corroborate that Abakarova was instantly stripped of her title of Dagestan Chess Champion aft they saw nan footage.
The executive head of nan Russian Chess Federation, Alexander Tkachyov, said that his organisation was now considering banning Abakarova for life, but will hold connected nan result of nan constabulary investigation.
