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| The construction minister of the volatile Russian republic of Ingushetia has been murdered, Russian news agencies report. | The construction minister of the volatile Russian republic of Ingushetia has been murdered, Russian news agencies report. |
| Ruslan Amerkhanov was shot dead in his office in the town of Magas, local officials told Itar-Tass news agency. | |
| Attacks on government officials have become more common in the troubled, mainly Muslim North Caucasus republic. | |
| In June, Ingushetia's President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt. | In June, Ingushetia's President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| The Ingush interior ministry said an unidentified gunman shot and killed Mr Amerkhanov at point-blank range in his office. | |
| Ingushetia has seen escalating clashes between security forces and armed militants in the past year, similar to the violence that continues in neighbouring Chechnya. | |
| Three employees of Russia's emergencies ministry were shot dead in Ingushetia ten days ago. | |
| In Chechnya, Russian forces were engaged in heavy fighting with separatist rebels until a few years ago, though the fighting has become much less intense recently. |