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3 dead, including 8-year-old, in apparent murder-suicide at San Bernardino elementary school, police say

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Three people are dead, including a teacher and an 8-year-old student, in an apparent murder-suicide at a San Bernardino, California, elementary school Monday, according to police.

The suspected gunman was identified as 53-year-old Riverside resident Cedric Anderson, who went to North Park Elementary School armed with a .357 revolver and opened fire on his wife, 53-year-old Karen Elaine Smith, said San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan at a press conference Monday afternoon.

Anderson and Smith were found dead in a special needs classroom that serves the first through fourth grades, Burguan said. Anderson entered the classroom "without saying anything" before he opened fire, Burguan said. There were a total of 15 students and two aides in the classroom at the time, he added.

Two injured students were initially taken to local hospitals for treatment, Burguan said. One student -- 8-year-old Jonathan Martinez -- has since died from his injuries after being airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center, Burguan said. The other student, a 9-year-old, is now listed in stable condition at the hospital, Burguan said.

The students were not targeted but were standing behind Smith when Anderson opened fire, Burguan said.

Emergency dispatchers began receiving 911 calls reporting shots fired around 10:27 a.m., San Bernardino Public Information Officer Lt. Mike Madden said in a press conference earlier on Monday. San Bernardino police officers were on the scene within seven minutes of the initial call.

Anderson had come to the school as a visitor and signed into the front office, said Capt. Ron Maass, who is leading the investigation for the San Bernardino Police Department. Anderson told the office that he was there to drop something off to his wife, which is "not uncommon," Burguan said. Anderson was a "known person" by school staff, and all the necessary precautionary procedures involving confirming his identity were taken when he arrived at the school, San Bernardino Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Dale Marsden said.

There is no indication that the gun was visible upon the suspect's arrival to the school, Maass said.

It is unclear how many shots were fired or if domestic violence played a role in the shooting, Maass said.

The preliminary investigation shows that Anderson and Smith were estranged, Burguan said, describing their marriage as "relatively short." The pair were only married for a few months and had been separated for about a month, Burguan said. Burguan added that Anderson has a criminal history, which includes weapons charges, accusations of domestic violence and drug charges, though he did not go into specific detail.

Students at the elementary school were taken to the nearby Cajon High School for safety immediately following the incident, Burguan said. All of the uninjured students who were in the classroom at the time of the shooting have since been reunited with their families, Marsden said.

North Park Elementary School will be closed for at least the next two days, Marsden added. The rest of the county's schools will be open. About 500 students attend North Park Elementary.

The shooting triggered a massive police response, with 150 officers from several agencies responding to the scene.

Helicopter footage from ABC Los Angeles station KABC showed students gathered near an exterior fence on campus after the incident. The footage also showed law enforcement canvassing the campus parking lot.

The mother of a fourth-grade student at the school told KABC that she was watching the news when she heard about the shooting and said she "ran right over" to the school to check on her daughter, saying she was "scared to death."

The woman said she could see her daughter on the other side of the fence and said she was "crying" as she held hands with her classmates.

San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis said he received a call from the White House expressing concern for the students and teachers at the school.

San Bernardino was the site of a December 2015 terror attack that killed 14 people and injured 22 others. The mayor said that after that tragedy, the community "came together."

"We did that because too often these incidents are utilized for others to take advantage of," Davis said. "We felt that it was important to not only unite our community but to also ... show that a community short on resources is very resilient and can deal with tragedy and disaster just as effective as" the rest of the country.

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Three people are dead, including a teacher and an 8-year-old student, in an apparent murder-suicide at a San Bernardino, California, elementary school Monday, according to police. The suspected gunman was identified as 53-year-old Riverside resident Cedric Anderson, who went to North Park Elementary School armed with a .357 revolver and opened fire on his wife, 53-year-old Karen Elaine Smith, said San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan at a press conference Monday afternoon.

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This is a loaded draft class at defensive back. For teams looking to upgrade in the secondary, this year's crop of cornerbacks and safeties have the talent to step in and start on Day 1. So let's do a similar exercise to what I did during the season with NFL defensive backs and run through the 2017 draft's top corners and safeties in every category imaginable: ball skills, instincts, range, press coverage, tackling and more.

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Former NFL safety Matt Bowen is a veteran of four teams over seven seasons, and now provides analysis for ESPN Insider.

This is a loaded draft class at defensive back. For teams looking to upgrade in the secondary, this year's crop of cornerbacks and safeties have the talent to step in and start on Day 1. So let's do a similar exercise to what I did during the season with NFL defensive backs and run through the 2017 draft's top corners and safeties in every category imaginable: ball skills, instincts, range, press coverage, tackling and more.

Best overall cover corner
Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State
Lattimore (6-foot, 193 pounds) showcased his athleticism at the NFL combine with a 4.36-second 40-yard dash, a 38.5-inch vertical jump and an 11-foot broad jump. Those are top-five testing numbers. And Lattimore has the tape to back it up when you study his technique, ball skills (four interceptions, nine passes broken up in 2016) and the ridiculously high ceiling he brings to the position.

Watching Lattimore, he's going to fit in both man and zone-based schemes because he can vary his techniques in coverage. Lattimore can jam, reroute and mirror the release of the wide receiver when playing press coverage. Want to switch it up and play bail coverage? He can do that, too. Open, sink and stack on top with eyes on the quarterback. Lattimore is also effective playing a "taxi" technique (inch-off, keep shoulders square) and off-man coverage. Plus, he has the lateral skills, flexibility and closing speed to drive on the football. (See example below.)

Lattimore is actually in a trail position here versus Oklahoma, but he's also baiting the quarterback as the receiver runs a post route. Sit low to the inside hip, get the eyes back inside and then close the distance immediately when the ball is in the air. Lattimore undercuts the receiver perfectly, stepping in front of the throw for a pick.

Lattimore's past hamstring issues have to factor into his overall grade, but the upside here is really off the charts. He has the potential to develop into a top cover corner at the pro level.

To read more of Matt Bowen's categorical rankings of the draft's top defensive backs, become an ESPN Insider today.

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'Fate of the Furious' cast missing Paul Walker

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The latest installment, "The Fate of the Furious," debuts in theaters Friday without its star.

Walker died in a car crash in 2013 just as he was completing filming of "Furious 7."

The crash, which was not connected to filming of the movie, also claimed the life of his racing team partner, Roger Rodas.

Vin Diesel told "Entertainment Tonight" on the red carpet for the film's premiere that it's been difficult since losing his best friend, whom he nicknamed "Pablo."

"A lot of people go, 'What's it like making a movie without Pablo' and that's not the right question," Diesel said. The real question, he said, is "What's it like living without your brother?"

Diesel named his daughter Pauline, now two years old, in honor of Walker.

Costar Michelle Rodriguez said the death of Walker and his absence is the reason why the eighth film in the franchise is darker than the rest.

"We didn't want to jump in and pretend that everything's OK after such a big loss," she said. "You kind of have to reinvent the thing and go dark before coming out of it."

Ludacris said the cast wants to honor Walker, who was more than just their costar.

"The last movie was for Paul, we love to say this movie is from Paul," Ludacris said. "So, I mean his presence is always going to be felt and at this point we're working hard and trying to make the best movie possible for him to continue on his legacy."

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Brandon Russell, a Burns & McDonnell employee and graduate of the University of Missouri, passed away after crossing the finish line this weekend.

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A man died after completing one of Kansas City's most-popular races over the weekend.

Brandon Russell, a Burns & McDonnell employee and graduate of the University of Missouri, passed away after crossing the finish line this weekend.

Brandon's family and friends are now leaning on each other for support.

A statement from Burns & McDonnell said that Brandon was an avid runner and triathlete.

He attended high school at St. Pius X. That's where he met his closest friends - and it's where he'll be remembered Tuesday night.

He was athletic. He loved track. And football introduced him to his best friends.

"He would be there, always, and I think that's the part that's going to hurt the most," said James Reyes.

"We just realized earlier that his bib number was 487," said his fiance Taryn Klein. "It was when he passed away. 4/8/17."

Klein was planning their August wedding. Now she's planning his celebration of life.

"I just know he has everything up there with him because he gave everything down here."

Friends gathered to talk about Brandon with us Monday evening.

"He was always talking about how he could fly," said Tom Race and Derek Byron. "It wasn't that he couldn't do it. He just hadn't shown us yet. And I got to thinking...he proved it. He's flying now."

Brandon was a graduate of the University of Missouri. He was an employee-owner of Burns & McDonnell.

"He was a senior contract analyst and a wonderful colleague," the company said in a statement. "This tragic event is deeply upsetting to us all. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Brandon's family and friends."

Family members still don't know what caused his death. But they will be celebrating his life Tuesday night at 6:00 at St. Pius.

A GoFundMe Page has been established to set up a memorial race in his honor.

Rock the Parkway is a 13.2 mile race that goes up and down Kansas City's Ward Parkway.

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Syria war: G7 fails to agree sanctions on Russia after 'chemical attack'.

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G7 nations have failed to agree on a proposal by Britain for sanctions against Russia in the wake of a deadly chemical attack they say was carried out by Moscow's ally, Syria.

Italy's foreign minister said the group did not want to back Russia into a corner and preferred dialogue.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has moved on from the G7 meeting in Italy and has arrived in Moscow for talks.

He insisted Syria's president could not play a part in the country's future.

The G7 meeting in the Italian city of Lucca followed last week's chemical attack on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun that left 89 people dead.

The Turkish health ministry on Tuesday confirmed that the nerve agent, sarin, had been used.

Syria denied the attack but the US then carried out a retaliatory strike, firing 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase.

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What happened at the G7?

The two-day meeting of foreign ministers was aimed at hammering out a unified approach to Syria before Mr Tillerson headed to Moscow.

But divisions arose as UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson proposed sanctions against Syrian and Russian military figures over the chemical attack.

BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins says Mr Johnson had hoped for some form of explicit support, but the final G7 communique does not mention sanctions.

Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said ministers wanted to engage with Russia.

"We think the Russians have the leverage that is needed to put pressure on [President Bashar al-Assad] and to get him to observe the commitments with regard to the ceasefire," he said.

Mr Johnson denied he had suffered a defeat, saying there was support for sanctions if further evidence of the chemical attack were gathered.

One thing that did appear to unite the group was the future of Mr Assad.

Mr Tillerson summed it up, saying: "It is clear to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end."

He also won support over the retaliatory strike, which he called "necessary as a matter of US national security interest".

"We do not want the regime's uncontrolled stockpile of chemical weapons to fall into the hands of Isis [so-called Islamic State] or other terrorist groups who could and want to attack the United States or our allies," he said.

The UK's ambassador to the UN, Matthew Rycroft, later said he was circulating a new draft UN resolution, jointly with France and the US, demanding an investigation into the chemical attack that required "full co-operation".

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What will Mr Tillerson face in Moscow?

Mr Tillerson will meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday but it is unclear whether he will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin.

There were some conciliatory messages ahead of his arrival, with Moscow hoping for "constructive co-operation" with Washington.

Mr Putin hinted at this himself, saying that although Russia and Syria were being portrayed as the "common enemy" of the West, "we are ready to tolerate this", and he added: "We hope that this will nonetheless lead to some kind of positive co-operation trend."

He also called for the UN to hold an independent investigation into the chemical attack.

Reports on Monday had quoted a senior US official as saying that the Russians knew of the chemical attack because a drone had been flying over a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun as victims sought help. Any such assertion on this trip is likely to strain ties further.

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says experience shows that Russia does not take well to threats or ultimatums.

If Mr Tillerson thinks he can weaken Moscow's support for President Assad, he may need to re-think, our correspondent says, adding that the Syrian president is Russia's key military ally in the Middle East.

A taste of this came with Mr Putin's comment on Tuesday that he had heard that "fake chemical attacks" were being prepared.

He said: "We have information from various sources that such provocations - I cannot call them otherwise - are being prepared in other regions of Syria, including in the southern outskirts of Damascus, where they are again planning to throw some kind of substance and accuse Syrian official authorities of using it."

A White House official, quoted by Reuters on Tuesday, said the US was confident that the Khan Sheikhoun attack was not carried out by rebels or "terrorists" and added that Russia had shown a clear pattern of trying to shift blame from the Syrian government.

Mr Putin said the Western response to Khan Sheikhoun reminded him of 2003, "when US envoys to the UN Security Council were demonstrating what they said were chemical weapons found in Iraq. We have seen it all already".

He also said he had heard that the US was planning more missile strikes. He gave no further information.

Russia also announced that the Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers would be in Moscow later in the week for talks.

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On Monday, Cedric Anderson walked into North Park Elementary where school staffers recognized him, school district officials said. He followed the proper protocol and got into the school through the front office by saying he had to drop something off for Smith.
Anderson then walked into the special needs classroom, where Smith was teaching, and opened fire. His estranged wife was his target and two boys, ages 8 and 9, were hit as he was firing at her, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. He emptied and reloaded the gun before turning it on himself. The 8-year-old student later died from his injuries.

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The suspected gunman behind a murder-suicide at a California elementary school had a brief, tumultuous marriage with his wife before he gunned her down on Monday -- and the woman's mother described him as a ticking time bomb.

Investigators went the home of Cedric Anderson, 53, and seized electronics and a note, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said in a news conference Tuesday.
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Burguan said the note, which investigators believe was written by Anderson, referenced his relationship with Smith, his need for closure and how he felt disrespected.

The document, however, did not contain information that would indicate it was a suicide note, according to Burguan.
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Anderson had a history of weapons, domestic violence and possible drug charges before his marriage to Karen Smith, 53, a teacher at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino.

He was arrested four times between 1982 and 2013, but was never convicted in any of the cases, Burguan said.

Smith's mother, Irma Sykes, told The New York Daily News that "the real Cedric came out" after the seemingly happy couple got married in January.

"He was a wolf in sheep's clothing," Sykes told the newspaper.

She said her daughter had been friends with Anderson for about four years before they got married.

"He was so kind to her while they were dating. She had no idea," Sykes said.

Anderson accused Smith of infidelity within a month of being married, relatives said, though police have not verified that detail.

Anderson's Facebook page told a different story of their marriage. He often gushed about Smith, calling her an "angel" while professing his love. He depicted a relationship that showed no signs of trouble.

"I love being married to Karen Smith-Anderson!" he posted on Feb. 27 with a video.

"She knows when to ignore me," Anderson said with a laugh. "Well, it makes a happy marriage."

Another photo showed the two of them on March 4 in what he described as a date night. He also wrote about his religious devotion.

"After watching Greenleaf with my wonderful little wife. She finally understands me and why I feel the way I do about many Black Churches and so called Pastors," Anderson wrote in a March 14 post.

"God's people are their slaves, servants or just some thing to use."

His last public post was on March 15.

The relationship came to an end when Smith left him about a month and a half after their late-January wedding, police and family members said.

"He had other motives," Sykes told The Los Angeles Times. "She left him and that's where the trouble began. She broke up with him and he came out with a different personality. She decided she needed to leave him."

Smith moved out of their home and started staying with her children, police said. But Anderson continued to contact her after they separated and tried to get her to move back, relatives told police.

The teacher also told family members that Anderson made threats toward her, but she never took them serviously, thinking that he was only acting oddly to get her attention, according to Burguan.

No one at the school knew about Smith's marital discord, giving people no reason to suspect a possible shooting, according to the chief.

"She effectively kept her private life private," Burguan said.

On Monday, Anderson walked into North Park Elementary where school staffers recognized him, school district officials said. Security footage showed he tried entering from another door, but it was locked, Burguan said.

He followed the proper protocol and got into the school through the front office by saying he had to drop something off for Smith.

Anderson then walked into the special needs classroom, where Smith was teaching, and fired 10 shots.

Our condolences go out to the family & friends of Jonathan Martinez. A candlelight vigil will be held at North Park at 7 p.m. today. pic.twitter.com/yhYYIt3i7T
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His estranged wife was his target and two boys, ages 8 and 9, were hit as he was firing at her, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. He emptied and reloaded the gun before turning it on himself.

The 8-year-old student, identified as Jonathan Martinez, later died from his injuries. Martinez was described as a child with Williams Syndrome who previously had heart surgery.

Sykes said her daughter was a dedicated teacher who took up the profession about 10 years ago after her four children grew up. Diane Abrams, a substitute at the school, told The Los Angeles Times that Smith "dedicated her life to her students."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A married Pennsylvania man beat and abused his two young children for years, even shocking them with an electric dog collar and jamming small blades under their nails, and fractured his wife's skull in an assault that sent her to a hospital, prosecutors said.

Joseph Myhre punched, kicked, choked and otherwise abused the boy, who's now 13, and the girl, who's 11, over the past six years, authorities said. He repeatedly struck the children with a wooden dowel or PVC pipe, shocked them with electric collars and stuck lancets under their fingernails and toenails, authorities said.

The children's rooms contained "closed-off wooden boxes for beds with a small opening and vents to let in air," Lower Providence Township police Detective Reginald Nealy Jr. said in an affidavit of probable cause.

The living room of the family's home in Collegeville, in suburban Philadelphia, contained two large whiteboards with "messages that were threatening and manipulative in nature," Nealy said without elaborating.

Police said they began investigating after Myhre's wife was assaulted and drove herself to a hospital on March 15 and was found to have a fractured skull.

Myhre is charged in Montgomery County with multiple counts of aggravated assault, strangulation, conspiracy, unlawful restraint and reckless endangering involving the children. He faces separate charges including assault, reckless endangering and harassment involving his wife.

Court documents don't list a defense attorney on the charges involving his children, and a listed phone number for him couldn't be found Monday. A public defender representing him on charges involving his wife didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on Monday.

Myhre never had a dog while he was married with children but acknowledged owning a dog shock collar, which was found in the home, Nealy said.

The boy described having the collar attached about 60 times, often on his legs or on his stomach.

"He usually put on a low number. It went to 1 to 100. It would be around a 40," the boy said, according to Nealy. "If he was angry he would put it up to 100, which really hurt and took all the feeling out of my legs which hurt."

The girl said the collar was put on her neck, arms and calf and in her hand. She also described being punched hundreds of times, having her fingers squeezed with pliers and being choked into a "dream state."

Police said Myhre, who was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail, told them he grabbed the children and hit them with sticks but didn't intend to harm them and they never cried or said they were in pain.

Authorities, however, said a March 3 cellphone recording provided by Myhre's wife contains the sound of a child screaming "It hurts so much!" and repeated cries of "Please stop!" After the boy says he can't stand the pain, a male voice is heard saying "Good," authorities said.

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A Southern California man fatally shot his estranged wife inside an elementary school classroom attended by special needs children before killing himself on Monday, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. Two students were injured in the murder-suicide at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, and one of those children later died at a hospital,

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Chechnya opens world's first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler's in the 1930s where campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death.

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Chechyna has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler

Prisoners reportedly tortured with electric shocks and some beaten to death

One of those who fled said prisoners were beaten to force them to reveal other members of the gay community

Comes after 100 gay men were detained and three killed in Chechyna last week

Chechyna has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler, where campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death.

It comes after it was claimed 100 gay men had been detained and three killed in Chechnya last week.

A report by Novoya Gazeta said authorities had set up several camps where homosexuals are killed or forced to promise to leave the republic.

One of the camps is reportedly at the former military headquarters in the town of Argun.

Svetlana Zakharova, from the Russian LGBT Network, told MailOnline: 'Gay people have been detained and rounded up and we are working to evacuate people from the camps and some have now left the region.

'Those who have escaped said they are detained in the same room and people are kept altogether, around 30 or 40. They are tortured with electric currents and heavily beaten, sometimes to death.'

One of those who escaped told Novoya Gazeta that prisoners were beaten to force them to reveal other members of the gay community.

Another prisoner who fled said that before being incarcerated in one of the camps, he had been forced to pay bribes to Chechen police of thousands of rubles every month in order to survive.

Now the regime had taken another step against gays by creating these camps, the survivor said.

Alexander Artemyev, from Amnesty International in Russia, told MailOnline: 'We can only call on the Russian authorities to investigate the allegations. Homosexuals in Chechyna are treated very harshly and prosecuted daily and they are afraid to talk about it.

'They either have to hide or leave the republic. We are keeping in touch with the LGBT network that helps people in Russia to find shelter. The problem is people there cannot talk about it as it puts their lives and those they speak to, in danger. This is the main issue we are facing in Russia and the main challenge.'

Ekaterina Sokirianskaia, Russia project director for the International Crisis Group, told MailOnline: 'The story is very much developing...victims are escaping.'

Tanya Lokshina, from Human Rights Watch in Moscow, said: 'For several weeks now, a brutal campaign against LGBT people has been sweeping through Chechnya.

'These days, very few people in Chechnya dare speak to human rights monitors or journalists even anonymously because the climate of fear is overwhelming and people have been largely intimidated into silence.

'Filing an official complaint against local security officials is extremely dangerous, as retaliation by local authorities is practically inevitable.

'It is difficult to overstate just how vulnerable LGBT people are in Chechnya, where homophobia is intense and rampant. LGBT people are in danger not only of persecution by the authorities but also of falling victim to "honour killings" by their own relatives for tarnishing family honour.'

Last week Novoya Gazeta said Chechen police had rounded up more than 100 men suspected of being gay and killed three.

It claimed that among those detained were well-known local television personalities and religious figures.

President Razman Kadyrov, who is a key ally of Vladimir Putin, allegedly ordered the clampdown, although officially his regime denied the arrests claiming 'it is impossible to persecute those who are not in the republic'.

Kadyrov, who introduced Islamic rule in the Muslim-majority region, has been accused of earlier human rights violations.

He described the allegations as 'absolute lies and disinformation'.

Kadyrov's spokesman Alvi Karimov told the Interfax News Agency: 'You cannot arrest or repress people who just don't exist in the republic.

'If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return.'

Chechen society is strictly conservative, meaning that unlike other cases where relatives or rights activists may put pressure on authorities when a homosexual relative disappears, those suspected are likely to be disowned by their own families.

According to the New York Times, gay men on the region have been deleting their social media profiles after it was reported authorities tried to lure gay men into dates and arrested them.

The reports from Russia claim those arrested range from just 15 to 50.

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Public relations experts say the CEO should have quickly offered an unreserved apology after a customer was filmed on Sunday being forcibly removed from his seat and dragged down an overbooked aircraft's aisle.

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Last month, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz was named U.S. Communicator of the Year by the magazine PRWeek.

Now he's being raked over the coals for his response to a violent passenger incident on a United Airlines flight.

Public relations experts say the CEO should have quickly offered an unreserved apology after a customer was filmed on Sunday being forcibly removed from his seat and dragged down an overbooked aircraft's aisle.

Instead, Munoz apologized only for "having to re-accommodate ... customers."

Many customers found the response to be overly callous -- and said so on social media, where video of the incident had gone viral.

But Munoz doubled down in a letter sent to United employees on Monday afternoon, describing the passenger as "disruptive and belligerent." He also said that "employees followed established procedures for dealing with situations like this."

It wasn't until Tuesday afternoon that Munoz issued a full-throated apology, calling the episode "truly horrific."

"I want you to know that we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right," he said in a statement. "I promise you we will do better."

Related: United CEO apologizes for 'truly horrific' passenger incident

Munoz also said the company will investigate how it moves crews and deals with oversold flights, as well as how it works with airport authorities and local law enforcement.

Rupert Younger, a PR expert and director of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, said that Munoz's initial response was a major disappointment, and that United should have moved much more quickly to limit damage from the video.

"The apology by the CEO was, at best, lukewarm or, at worst, trying to dismiss the incident," Younger said.

Related: The often-overlooked reason United can kick you off your flight

United is still struggling to contain fallout from the incident. On Tuesday, the top trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. was #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos, with users suggesting slogans such as "not enough seating, prepare for a beating."

United Continental shares, which weathered the storm on Monday, slipped by just over 1% on Tuesday. Earlier in the day the company's stock was off by about 4%.

Meanwhile, video of the incident attracted huge attention in China, which is a key growth market for United.

United was the top trending topic Tuesday on Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, attracting more than 100 million views.

Related: Outrage in China over United viral video

James Fallows, a journalist who has written a book about China's aviation industry, called out United for failing to respond while the incident dominated social media discussions in such a key market.

"[United is] suffering *profound* damage in most important international market right now, and no sign of response," he said in a post on Twitter.

Point to note in real time: 85,000-emplye US co suffering *profound* damage in most important intl market right now, and no sign of response https://t.co/zlT4SxW35F
- James Fallows (@JamesFallows) April 11, 2017

Ed Zitron, a PR expert and the author of "This Is How You Pitch," said that United may not be offering a full apology because of fears over a potential lawsuit.

But that's not an effective strategy, he said.

"Had United shown compassion and intent to make things right, they could have come out of this at the very least looking like an airline that cares," Zitron said. "Instead they've just made it even worse."

Editor's Note: This article was updated following the apology by Munoz on Tuesday.

CNNMoney (London) First published April 11, 2017: 8:44 AM ET

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