Date

28/07/2011  

First

Garun  

Surname

KURBANOV  

Sex/Age

M  

Incident

homicide  

Motive

?J  

Place

 

Job

media worker  

Medium

 

Federal District Plus

North Caucasus  

Street, Town, Region

Makhachkala, Dagestan  

Freelance

--  

Local/National

local, presidential press service  

Other Ties

 

Cause of Death

shooting  

Legal Qualification

Articles 105 ("Murder") and 222 ("Illegal possession of arms") of the RF Criminal Code  

Impunity

investigation  

HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE KILLED (July 2011)

Garun Kurbanov, head of the Dagestan president’s press service, was assassinated at 8.30 am as he left his house to drive to work. A car drove up and shot first Kurbanov and then his driver. An attempt to catch the assassins by setting up road blocks failed. The police have not only the testimony of eyewitnesses but also tape from several nearby security cameras.