Wife of Chechen accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead near Kiev

Amina Okuyeva, the wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin, is seen during a rally in central Kiev, Ukraine August 13, 2017. Picture taken August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot dead outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said.

Amina Okuyeva and Adam Osmayev were in a car that was shot at from bushes near a railway crossing on the outskirts of the capital, interior ministry advisors Anton Gerashchenko and Zoryan Shkiryak said in separate posts on Facebook.