The deputy mufti of North Ossetia was killed

In Vladikavkaz, the deputy mufti of North Ossetia Rasul Gamzatov was killed, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. On August 16, at 23:40, at the entrance of an apartment building on Dovator Avenue, an unknown person fired at least seven shots from a firearm of unidentified sample in Gamzatov. "Having received multiple gunshot wounds of his head and body, he died at the scene," the TFR said in a statement.

Gamzatova was shot at the moment when he drove up to his house and got out of the car, Interfax told the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs. A criminal case was instituted under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - part 1 of Art. 105 (murder) and Art. 222 (illegal storage of weapons, ammunition).

The previous deputy mufti of the Republic of Ibrahim Dudarov was shot dead by unknown in December 2012. The murder is not disclosed.

According to the "Caucasian Knot", over the past five years , 39 religious figures have been killed in the North Caucasus .