12 Oct 2012 09:28

Madrasa teacher shot dead in Ingushetia

NAZRAN. Oct 12 (Interfax) - A local madrasa teacher, Yunus Akhilgov, was found dead in the village of Troitskaya of the Sunzha distict in Ingushetia on Thursday evening, a spokesman for the republic's Interior Ministry told Interfax.

"Akhilgov's dead body bearing gunshot wounds was found by local residents on Thursday evening," he said.

An investigation is underway and police are working to identify the killers, the spokesman said.

Akhilgov was a well known religious figure in his village, he said.