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DEPUTY DAGESTANI INTERIOR MINISTER KILLED

RIA Novosti

MAKHACHKALA, FEBRUARY 3, (RIA Novosti) - Dagestan's deputy interior minister Magomed Omarov was killed the other day. Meanwhile Dagestani authorities do not doubt the fact that Omarov's murder has something to do with his work. Dagestan is an autonomous Russian republic on the Caspian coast.
Omarov supervised public-safety issues, doing his best to uphold law and order. He also participated in all large-scale anti-crime operations, Abdulmanap Musayev, chief of the Dagestani interior ministry's press center, noted.
In 1999 Omarov took an extremely active part in repelling the bandit attack on Dagestan. At that time, he had received the Order of Courage. Omarov, who was lightly wounded and shell-shocked during combat operations, returned to active duty in no time at all.
According to Musayev, Omarov took part in large-scale arrests in Khasav-Yurt and Makhachkala early this January.
Several attempts had been made on Omarov's life. The thugs tried to blow up his car several years ago. However, no one was hurt back then.
Omarov's car was fired upon in downtown Makhachkala at 8.40 p.m. Moscow time. The deputy interior minister was killed as a result of that attack.
Three other interior-ministry officials were killed, as well. Another operative, who was seriously wounded, is now staying in hospital, Musayev added.
Omarov was riding in a Niva car that was escorted by a VAZ-21099 Lada car.
Omarov's car was riddled with bullets that ripped through doors and windows. According to police officers, the attackers, who were staying inside two VAZ-21099 cars, fired automatic weapons from the right side.
As has already been reported, terrorists tried to kill Alimsultan Alkhamatov, acting administrator of Dagestan's Khasav-Yurt district, which borders on Chechnya, February 2. An explosive device went off at the curb, while Alkhamatov's Mercedes-Benz limousine was driving by. No one was hurt as a result of that blast, press-center people noted.