Mullah killed in Makhachkala

MAKHACHKALA. Feb 22 (Interfax-AVN) - A mullah has been killed in a mosque in Makhachkala.

Dagir Kachayev, 52, was killed with two bullet shots in the head.

His body was found by visitors at 6 a.m. in the room for ablutions, the district police department told Interfax.

The Dagestani Interior Ministry earlier told Interfax that the mullah was killed at about 2 p.m. on Thursday.