The chief of the Makhachkala police force, whose vehicle was ambushed and rained with bullets late Friday evening, died of wounds on the way to hospital. “Colonel Akhmed Magomedov's Volga sedan and his bodyguards in a Lada-Priora car came under fire in Akushinsky Avenue at about 22:00 Moscow time,” a source said. The shots were fired from several places. Two bodyguards and the driver suffered multiple wounds and died instantly. The crime scene is being studied by investigators. A man hunt is on, Itar-Tass reported. Colonel Akhmed Magomedov, 43, was appointed chief of the Makhachkala police force in November 2009. Before, he was chief of Dagestan's criminal police.
