Head of Shali town administration was killed in Chechnya

The head of the Shali town administration and his son were killed on Wednesday evening in Chechnya.

The Shali police received a report at 7:50 p.m. Moscow time Wednesday that unidentified gunmen had fired automatic weapons at a Volga car carrying the administration head and his son at the crossroads of Pervomaiskaya and Razdelnaya Streets at about 6 p.m., a source with the administration of Chechnya's Shali district announced on Thursday.

The official and his son, a local policeman, received numerous gunshot wounds and died on the spot.

Law enforcement agencies are taking measures to identify and seize the people involved in the killing.