Head of administration of Chechen-Aul village murdered in Chechnya

02.09.2003 GROZNY, September 2 (Itar-Tass) -

Unidentified attackers wearing masks murdered head of the administration of the village of Chechen- Aul Sastaudy Tsytsayev. A criminal case has been opened. Five unknown attackers shot dead the head of the administration in the yard of his own house on Tuesday morning, according to a source at the police station of the Grozny's Selsky district. A group of detectives is currently at the scene of the tragedy. Members of local Wahhabi jamaat may be behind the crime, preliminary information said.