| The body of 50-year-old Nurdi Elmurzayev, the head of administration in the Alkhan-Kala settlement, who was kidnapped on December 9, has been found in Chechnya, the Interior Ministry of Chechnya reported on Tuesday. The body of Elmurzayev with gunshot wounds was discovered yesterday in the village of Petropavlovskaya in the Grozny district on the republic, a Ministry spokesman said. Elmurzayev was abducted last Tuesday on the Grozny-Alkan-Kala highway as he was driving in his car without bodyguards. According to initial reports, Nurdi Elmurzayev was attacked by armed men dressed in military-style uniforms and masks. Elmurzayev’s car was later found at the roadside. |