Zakaryev, a Madrasa teacher, was killed by two masked assailants who broke into his house in Nechayevka (Kizilyurtovsky District, Dagestan) at 11.20PM, ITAR-TASS reports.
A criminal case was initiated for murder and illegal possession of weapons. According to the police, the murder could have been motivated by the teacher’s anti-Wahhabi activities.
Another Madrasa teacher, Magomed Biyarslanov, was killed in the Karabudakhkentsky District (Dagestan) in March 2013. An imam was killed in Makhachkala in mid-2013. Madrasa teacher Saidahmed Imanov was killed in Chalyakh (Tsuntinsky District, Dagestan) in July 2012.