| Alvi Valiyev, the head of the village administration and his bodyguard were murdered in Komsomolskoye, Chechnya on Thursday evening, the Interfax news agency has reported. The agency quoted a source at the Gudermes district administration as saying that gunmen opened fire at the Lada car in which Valiyev was driving at 9:45 p.m. killing both two men. Twenty Kalashnikov assault rifle cartridge cases and other material evidence were found at the scene. Search efforts are being conducted to identify and detain those responsible. |