Aza Gazgireyeva
Aza Adlopovna Gazgireyeva (Russian: Аза Адлоповна Газгиреева; 29 October 1954, Saran, Kazakhstan – 10 June 2009, Nazran), also known as Aza Gazgireeva, was an Ingush jurist who served as the deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia.[1] She was assassinated in Nazran on 10 June 2009.
Gazgireyeva became deputy chief justice on the Ingush Supreme Court following the assassination of her predecessor on the court, Khasan Yandiyev, on 13 April 2008.[1][2]
On 10 June 2009, gunmen opened fire on Gazgireyeva's chauffeur-driven van in the Ingushetian city of Nazran shortly after she dropped her children off at kindergarten.[1][3] At least one gunman reportedly walked up to Gazgireyeva and shot her in the head. Five other people, including a one-year-old child, were injured during the attack on Gazgireyeva, according to Russian television broadcasts.[1] The gunmen escaped in two cars.[4] Gazgireyeva died at a hospital in Nazran hours after the attack.[3]
Gazgireyeva is believed to have been killed because of her work on the court.
Gazgireyeva's assassination came just eighteen months after the shooting death of her predecessor,
References
- ^ a b c d e f Fedynsky, Peter (10 June 2009). "Assassinations Roil Russia's Caucasus Region". Voice of America. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- Sydney Morning Herald. Reuters. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Judge killed in Ingushetia, Russia, while taking children to school". CBC News. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ a b c "Senior judge killed in Ingushetia". Al Jazeera English. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Another Killing in Region Bordering Chechnya". The New York Times. Associated Press. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ a b Parfitt, Tom (22 June 2009). "Trouble in the north Caucasus". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2009.