Shamkhan Kagirov

Year: 1995

Nationality: Russia

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Grozny, Russia

Press organization: Rossiskaya Gazeta and Vozrozheniye

What's Shamkhan Kagirov's story?

Kagirov, a reporter for the Moscow daily newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta and the local paper Vozrozheniye, was shot and killed in an ambush in Chechnya. Kagirov and three local police officers were traveling in a car near Grozny when they were attacked. The three officers were also killed.

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