Judge Gunned Down In North Caucasus Republic
No doubt there are a number of dangerous professions in the region, and ‘judge’ certainly ranks high on the list. Khasan Yandivev, deputy chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia (a federal subject of Russia) was shot dead Sunday afternoon at a gas station while changing a tire on his car.
According to Russian media reports, Yandiyev had chaired trials of corrupt officials and also of Islamic rebels. The Ingushi are primarily Sunni Muslim, and officials blame radicals for a recent rise in violence there.
An interior ministry spokesman said an investigation was under way, but that no one had head shots fired.