Police in the Russian republic of Ingushetia on Friday arrested a top official in the republic suspected of killing a policeman, a spokesman for the local Investigative Committee told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
Khas-Magomed Bashirovich, a senior official in the administration of Ingush President Yunus-bek Yevkurov, was detained on suspicion of killing 28-year-old Zelimkhan Yevloyev, a local traffic policeman, near his home in the republic's capital of Magas on Thursday, the spokesman said.
Bashirovich was fired on Friday after his arrest.
Top official suspected of murder in Ingushetia
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