A vocal critic of the Kremlin’s policies in the Caucasus died on Sunday from a bullet wound to the head while in police custody, Interfax reported, quoting prosecutors.
Magomed Yevloyev founded and ran the Web site Ingushetiya.ru, a major source of information in the region, and was a prominent opponent of pro-Kremlin Ingush President Murat Zyazikov.
Prosecutors have opened a preliminary manslaughter investigation after Yevloyev was shot in a police car in Narzan, the capital of volatile Ingushetia, Russian media reported.
A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, Vladimir Markin, said “an incident” took place after Yevloyev was taken into a police car “resulting in a shooting injury to the head,” Interfax reported.
The Web site meanwhile reported that Yevloyev was killed after police arrested him in Narzan.
“Magomed Yevloyev was arrested today in Ingushetia and was killed,” said a report posted on www.ingushetiya.ru.
The Web site is among the most visited for news on Ingushetia and had openly criticized the Ingush president, who had often threatened to shut it down.
A source at Ingush police said the Web site founder had been detained as part of a criminal investigation and was being taken to a police station, Interfax reported.
“Along the way, a shot was involuntarily fired from a policeman’s gun and the bullet hit Yevloyev’s head,” the source said.
Russian justice authorities ordered in June that the site be shut down, saying it was “extremist.”
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