GROZNY. Oct 8 (Interfax-AVN) - Deputy chief of the local administration Ruslan Dzhumayev has been shot dead in the village of Starye Atagi, 20 kilometers south of Grozny.
Head of the Grozny district administration Shakhid Dzhamaldayev told Interfax that unidentified gunmen entered Dzhumayev's house at night and shot him and his brother Sayed point blank. An elderly villager was also killed in the exchange of fire.
The prosecutor of the Grozny district opened a criminal case Monday morning on the murder of the official and the two local residents.