Dagestani police investigating murder of three men

MAKHACHKALA. Oct 17 (Interfax) - The police have done preliminary identification of the three bodies found in a Niva car in the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan on Sunday, a source at the Dagestani department of the Russian Investigations Committee told Interfax.

The men were identified as Magomedali Bagomedov, Kadimagomed Zagirbekov and Shamil Abdullayev - residents of Myurego in the Sergokali district.

"The families said that the young men went hunting the day before and disappeared. The police have several theories," he said.

The men were shot and their car was burned. A criminal case was opened on the charges of murder, illegal weapons and premeditated property damage.