10:04 20/04/2009

ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 20 (RIA Novosti) - An Islamic cleric was killed in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia when unknown assailants opened fire on his house in the city of Nazran, a police source said on Monday.

The incident occurred on Sunday night in the city center. Gunmen attacked Musa Esmurziyev's house with grenade launchers and automatic rifles.

Esmurziyev, 38, died on the spot of gunshot wounds. The attackers evaded arrest.

Also on Sunday, unknown gunmen opened fire on the house of a criminal police chief in Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district, killing his sister and injuring his brother, a local police source said.

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090420/121200619.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090420/121200619.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">Muslim cleric killed in Russia's Ingushetia</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 10px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">10:04</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">20/04/2009</span> <span style="font-size:12px;">An Islamic cleric was killed in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia when unknown assailants opened fire on his house in the city of Nazran, a police source said on Monday. <a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090420/121200619.html" title="Muslim cleric killed in Russia's Ingushetia">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>

Preview:

Muslim cleric killed in Russia's Ingushetia

10:04 20/04/2009 An Islamic cleric was killed in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia when unknown assailants opened fire on his house in the city of Nazran, a police source said on Monday. >>

Other news of the day