9 Jul 2013 09:31

Journalist shot dead in Dagestan

MAKHACHKALA. July 9 (Interfax) - Novoye Delo weekly observer Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev was killed on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus, on Tuesday morning, a Dagestani Interior Ministry spokesman told Interfax.

"The journalist was attacked in the village of Semender. The car belonging to the journalist came under fire 50 meters from his house. Akhmednabiyev was killed," he said.

Investigators are currently working at the site, he said.