MIA of Dagestan: assassinated Colonel Murtuzaliev received threats

Magomed Murtuzaliev, Deputy Head of the Department of the FSIN (Russian Federal Correction Service), had repeatedly received threats, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today at 7:30 a.m. the service Volga car with Colonel Magomed Murtuzaliev, his 8-year-old daughter Makka, his nephew Djambulat and his driver Senior Sergeant of Interior Troops Rashid Magomedov was attacked by unknown persons from automatic weapons. Murtuzaliev, his family and the driver died on the spot from received gunshot wounds. The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) associates the murder with the colonel's service activities.

"Murtuzaliev had received numerous threats from former and current prisoners, because he actively squeezed criminal elements out of the republic," the "Interfax" quotes its source from the MIA of Dagestan.

Murtuzaliev could be killed for his decisions to send criminals convicted for involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) to colonies outside the republic. This was reported to the "Gazeta.ru" by Biyakai Magomedov, editor-in-chief of the Dagestani edition "Chernovik". "It was the FSIN, which sent the prisoners convicted under Article 208 of the Russian Criminal Code to serve their terms outside Dagestan. The FSIN employees received repeated threats from those in the 'forest'," said Magomedov.