MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - A Supreme Court judge in Russia's North Caucasus province of Dagestan was shot dead along with his son on Wednesday, the second member of the court to be killed this year in a region beset by an Islamist insurgency and violent crime.
Mukhtar Shapiyev and his son were shot in the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala, and pronounced dead shortly after arriving at hospital, the regional Interior Ministry branch said.
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