When they released the first images yesterday my initial thought was “Chehen” - the younger’s features are very “russian” to my eyes, and Chechnya of course is the only kettle of strife in that part of the world that would boil over into an international bombing.

One of the victims who lost his legs said yesterday that the elder brother looked him in the eyes right before putting the bomb down next to him. That speaks to an ethnic/religious level of hate so typical of that part of the world, that frankly it doesnt surprise me that dad would call him an angel. Hate like that is normal for conflict in that part of the world.