Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries have sent a “bloodied” sledgehammer in a violin case to the European Parliament after MEPs started proceedings to label them as terrorists.
Sledgehammers have become an unofficial symbol of the Kremlin-linked group because members use them to murder people on deployment abroad.
In a video posted on one of its Telegram channels, a suited lawyer working for Wagner carries a violin case into a bare room and places it on a table.
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He lifts the lid of the violin case, showing off a highly polished sledgehammer. The head has been engraved with Wagner’s logo and the handle has been dabbed with red paint to depict blood.
Read more: The Telegraph
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