GROZNY. Nov 30 (Interfax-AVN) - The prosecutor's office of Chechnya has launched criminal proceedings into a series of murders committed by a group of gunmen in the village of Avtury, prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov told Interfax.
"Administration chief Ibragim Umpashayev and his son Isa were shot dead in Avtury Tuesday night. The body of a local woman with gunshot wounds was found in the same street at dawn. She has been identified. Two police officers were wounded," he said.
"Given the post Umpashayev held, one of the key theories is that the murder was related to his work," Kuznetsov said.
Investigators are also looking into the theft of the Makarov pistol registered in Umpashayev's name.
Detective and investigative efforts in Avtury continue, Kuznetsov said.