NAZRAN, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - A cousin of Ingush President Murat Zyazikov, was shot dead in the republic's largest city on Wednesday, a source in the republic's Interior Ministry said.
Bekhan Zyazikov's Mercedes car came under gunfire in downtown Nazran at approximately 5.30 p.m. Moscow time [1.30 p.m. GMT].
"Zyazikov died of his injuries at the scene," the source said.
Relatives of opposition journalist Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in a police car last month, recently announced a vendetta against the Ingush president and his family.
Yevloyev, who ran the banned website Ingushetiya.ru, was shot in a police car on August 31 and died in hospital shortly afterwards. Police said it was an accident, a claim his supporters rejected. His opposition website had earlier called for protests against the local administration.
