Head of rural settlement shot dead in Dagestan

Magomed Kazimagomedov, the head of the rural settlement Lyakhlya in Dagestan, was killed by gunfire, said the spokesman for the Investigatory Committee for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

"In the Khiva District, three kilometres off the village of Furdak, unidentified persons shelled Kazimagomedov's car," said a source from the above Department.

The incident occurred at about 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, the RIA "Novosti" reports with reference to the source.