Journalist, lawyer killed in Moscow

Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, wounded earlier on Monday in the shooting of a lawyer in downtown Moscow, has died in hospital.

Izvor: Ria novosti

Monday, 19.01.2009.

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Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, wounded earlier on Monday in the shooting of a lawyer in downtown Moscow, has died in hospital. Baburova was walking with Stanislav Markelov, a lawyer for the family of a Chechen woman murdered in 2000 by Russian army colonel Yury Budanov, when an unknown assailant approached them from behind and shot the lawyer in the back of the head using a gun with a silencer. Journalist, lawyer killed in Moscow The gunman then shot the journalist, who was seriously injured and hospitalized. "There are two versions [of what happened] - the first is that she was killed while trying to stop the killer, the second is that she was shot on purpose," editor Sergei Sokolov said, adding that the facts would only become clear after further investigation. Baburova underwent surgery and was placed in intensive care, under police guard but died after 8 p.m. Moscow time. Baburova, born in 1983, became a stringer with Novaya Gazeta last October and specialized in covering informal youth movements, including neo-Nazi groups. Investigators at the crime scene (Beta/AP)

Journalist, lawyer killed in Moscow

The gunman then shot the journalist, who was seriously injured and hospitalized.

"There are two versions [of what happened] - the first is that she was killed while trying to stop the killer, the second is that she was shot on purpose," editor Sergei Sokolov said, adding that the facts would only become clear after further investigation.

Baburova underwent surgery and was placed in intensive care, under police guard but died after 8 p.m. Moscow time.

Baburova, born in 1983, became a stringer with Novaya Gazeta last October and specialized in covering informal youth movements, including neo-Nazi groups.

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