Four detained after Muslim cleric killed in Russia

Four people have been detained on suspicion of killing a top Muslim cleric and injuring another in Russia’s Tatarstan province, prosecutors said today.

Four detained after Muslim cleric killed in Russia

Four people have been detained on suspicion of killing a top Muslim cleric and injuring another in Russia’s Tatarstan province, prosecutors said today.

Valiulla Yakupov, the deputy to the province’s chief mufti, was gunned down in the regional capital of Kazan yesterday. Minutes later, chief mufti Ildus Faizov suffered leg wounds when an explosive device ripped through his car.

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