The leader of the international Lezgin national movement 'Sadval', Nazim Hajiyev, was killed in his house in Dagestan," RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the republic's law enforcement agencies.
"Hajiyev's body was found with multiple stab wounds," a spokesman of the agency said. A criminal investigation was initiated into the case.
It should be noted that an activist of the movement Ruslan Magomedragimov was also killed on March 24, 2015.