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District investigation dept chief killed in Dagestan

An invesgation group is currently at work at the scene of the incident
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MAKHACHKALA, December 14 (Itar-Tass) — In the city of Kaspiisk, unidentified gunners have killed Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Arsen Gadzhibekov, acting chief of the investigation department of Makhachkala's Sovetsky District.

A source at the Investigation Directorate of the SKR (Investigation Committee of Russia) for Dagestan told Itar-Tass on Wednesday, "The incident occurred at about midnight in the yard of a five-storey building on the Shosse Aeroport street".

According to the source, "An unidentified assailant fired several bursts of submachine-gun fire from behind the corner when the investigator emerged from a car and headed for the house entranceway". Gadzhibekov was wounded and died on the spot.

An invesgation group is currently at work at the scene of the incident.