Trotsky murder icepick resurfaces after 65 years

One of history’s most famous murder weapons, the icepick used to kill Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, has resurfaced, just weeks before the 65th anniversary of his assassination on August 20, 1940.

But tests that could prove the weapon’s authenticity have been delayed by a dispute between the icepick’s owner, who is shopping it around, and Trotsky’s descendants, who want it donated to a revolutionary museum – proving that the struggle between socialist ideals and capitalism still goes on.