High-ranking official of disbanded Ministry for Press was killed in Chechnya

Deputy director general of the "Chechenpechat" union Said-Husein Khamzatkhanov was killed on Saturday in the Chechen-Aul village, Chechnya's Groznensky rural district. It has been reported at the Chechen Ministry for Press, TV and Radio Broadcasting, which was officially disbanded in September. The "Chechenpechat" union was an organization department of this ministry. Circumstances and motives of the murder have not been imparted yet.