An Islamic religious leader was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a police source said, RIA Novosti reported.
"Anas Pshikhachev, the head of the Muslim Spiritual Department of Kabardino-Balkaria, was shot dead in Nalchik at 7.30 p.m. Moscow time [4.30 p.m. GMT]," the source said.
He added that Pshikhachev, 43, was shot no less than four times and died at the scene of the attack.
Muslim religious leader killed in North Caucasus
An Islamic religious leader was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a police source said, RIA Novosti reported.
