The designer of the AK47, the assault rifle that has killed more people than any other gun in the world has passed away.
Mikhail Kalashnikov died on December 24, 2013 after suffering from heart-related problems in recent years. He had been in intensive care for over a month. He died his home city of Izhevsk, near the Ural Mountains in Russia.
Kalashnikov was in his 20s when he created the gun just after World War Two.
An estimated 100 million of the deadly weapon are now thought to be spread worldwide, Mirror reports.
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