A Russian state-television journalist was found dead, strangled with a belt and stabbed, in his Moscow apartment on Friday, authorities said according to DPA. Firefighters discovered the body of Illyas Shurpayev, a journalist for state-run Channel One television, after assailants apparently set fire to his apartment early Friday, news agency Interfax quoted prosecutors as saying. Russian media reports said Shurpayev apparently knew his killers because he called down to the concierge in his building and asked for two young men to be let in. Prosecutors said they had opened a criminal investigation into the case and were looking at the possibility that the killing might be related to his work.
