The head of the district administration in Chegem, some 10 kilometers from the regional capital of Nalchik, was shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria on Friday, investigators said, RIA-Novosti reported.
“Four shots were fired into Mikhail Mambetov’s back while he was walking into his home. Mambetov was taken to the hospital where he died from his wounds,” a spokesman for investigators told the news agency. No suspects were identified.
(Reuters)