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| Muslim clergyman killed, 2 injured in gunfire at mosque in Abkhazia |
| 2010-10-09 |
| (Itar-Tass) -- A clergyman from the Abkhazian Mohammedan Spiritual Authority was killed and two more were injured in the gunfire at a building, which the local Mohammedan community uses as a mosque, in the Abkhazian city of Gudauta. The armed attack was committed at about 3 pm Moscow time in Makhadzhirov Street in downtown Gudauta, a source in the republican Prosecutor General's Office told Itar-Tass. Unidentified bandidos drove up in a dark green Volkswagen Touareg and opened fire from various types of weapons at about eight representatives of the Mohammedan community. According to eyewitnesses, there were two attackers. A clergyman was lethally maimed, another two were brought to the district hospital. An injured person was attempting to chase down the car, from which the fire was waged, and returned the fire. The attackers managed to escape, the police do not rule out that an attacker is maimed either. The burnt car, from which the fire was opened, was found at the entry in the village Achandara in the Gudauta Region. The special interception plan was declared in the Gudauta Region. The interdepartmental investigation committee headed by Beslan First Deputy Prosecutor General Kvitsiniya is working at the incident site and the place where the burnt car was found. The Gudauta district prosecutor's office instituted a criminal case for premeditated murder and an attempt on the life of two and more people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 A clergyman was lethally maimed Alternatives? Lethally (terminally, incurably, gravely, or permanently) re-arranged? Otherwise Dead! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-10-09 10:54 |