08 October 2010, 22:10
MfE employee assassinated in Ingushetia
In the city of Nazran, the capital of Ingushetia, unidentified assailants opened automatic fire on an employee of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE); he died in hospital.
The Department for Ingushetia of the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) reports that the incident occurred at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time in Yuzhnaya Street in the municipality of Nasyr-Kort.
"According to preliminary information, the attackers managed to escape from the place of the incident after shooting. The MfE employee was taken to hospital, but died from his injuries without regaining consciousness," said the spokesman of the ICPO.
According to the source, the "Interception" regime was enacted in Nazran aimed at searching and arresting the criminals, the "Interfax" reports.
