MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - An Islamist group has claimed responsibility for the murder of the mayor of Vladikavkaz in south Russia, a website believed to have links to Chechen militants said Thursday.
"Vitaly Karayev, this enemy of Allah, was eliminated near his home when he was on his way to the city hall," the Kataib al-Khoul group said in a statement posted on the kavkazcenter site.
The group accused him of "sanctioning the persecution of women in Islamic clothes in public places, which resulted in women being repeatedly insulted and humiliated."
"The execution of this enemy of Allah was carried out by a naib [deputy] of the amir of Kataib al Khoul," the statement said.
The mayor of Vladikavkaz, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia, was killed after leaving for work on Wednesday morning. He was shot while getting into his car outside his home, and was rushed to hospital by his bodyguards.
A hospital official said he died of a bullet wound to the heart. Read more ...
"Vitaly Karayev, this enemy of Allah, was eliminated near his home when he was on his way to the city hall," the Kataib al-Khoul group said in a statement posted on the kavkazcenter site.
The group accused him of "sanctioning the persecution of women in Islamic clothes in public places, which resulted in women being repeatedly insulted and humiliated."
"The execution of this enemy of Allah was carried out by a naib [deputy] of the amir of Kataib al Khoul," the statement said.
The mayor of Vladikavkaz, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia, was killed after leaving for work on Wednesday morning. He was shot while getting into his car outside his home, and was rushed to hospital by his bodyguards.
A hospital official said he died of a bullet wound to the heart. Read more ...
Source: RIA Novosti
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