26 Dec 2013 09:37

Investigator killed in Dagestan

MAKHACHKALA. Dec 26 (Interfax) - An officer of the investigative department in the Derbent district of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus was shot dead on Wednesday evening, a Dagestan Interior Ministry spokesman told Interfax.

The investigator came under fire as he left a gym in Derbent, he said.

A search for the attackers is under way.