Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Ingush Rights Activist Murdered

Prominent Ingush rights activist Maksharip Aushev was shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria, a Russian region neighboring Ingushetia. The police found 60 machine gun shells at the crime scene. Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov stated that the murder may have been committed by siloviki (law enforcement or military officers). He promised to “do the best to solve this crime.”

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1262729
http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lastnews/2009/10/26/n_1418189.shtml

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