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Dagestan Principal Slain

ROSTOV-ON-DON — Suspected militants have gunned down a village school principal in Dagestan.

Two men shot dead 59-year-old Sadikullakh Akhmedov outside his house in the village of Sovetskaya late Friday night, police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said Saturday.

Police are looking for the attackers who are suspected to be members of an insurgent group operating in the area.


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