A monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the prolific assault rifle that bears his name, has been unveiled in Moscow.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, turned to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the months before his death to express remorse for those killed by his invention.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK47 assault rifle, the world’s most popular weapon, has died aged 94.

A MAN who complained to doctors of severe chest pains was stunned when told his suspected tumour was actually a fir tree growing inside his lung.