- Date
- 08/05/2011
- First
- Yahya
- Surname
- MAGOMEDOV
- Sex/Age
- M
- Incident
- homicide
- Motive
- ?J
- Place
- Job
- chief editor
- Medium
- Federal District Plus
- North Caucasus
- Street, Town, Region
- Khasavyurt district, Dagestan
- Freelance
- Local/National
- local, "As-Salam" newspaper
- Other Ties
- Cause of Death
- shooting
- Legal Qualification
- Articles 105 ("Murder") and 222 ("Illegal possession of arms") of the RF Criminal Code
- Impunity
- investigation
MISTAKEN IDENTITY? (9 May 2011)
Yahya Magomedov, chief editor of the Avar-language version of the “As-Salam” Islamic newspaper was shot dead in the village of Kokrek, in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt district, on the night of 8-9 May. He was staying with his cousin, a policeman, and was shot by unidentified assailants when he went out into the courtyard. The police have opened an investigation and suggested that one explanation might be that Magomedov was mistaken for his cousin, who has been repeatedly threatened.