Gunmen assassinate top security official in Russia's Caucasus

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday assassinated the top regional security official in Russia's violence-plagued Caucasus region of Ingushetia as he was being driven to work, investigators said.

Akhmed Kotiev, head of Ingushetia's Security Council, was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car in an attack that also claimed the life of his driver, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.