ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
January 30, 2007 Tuesday 06:50 AM EST

Ethnic Armenian shot dead in Moscow

A 36-year-old man, who was ethnic Armenian, has been shot dead in the
northwest of Moscow on Tuesday.

The man was shot on the doorstep when he came out from a house in
Khimki Boulevard. His death was instantaneous.

A group of investigators from the northwest city district has been
working on the scene.

The victim has been identified. His name is Armen Manukian, born in
1970, a source from the prosecutor’s office said.

The victim was attacked at around noon Tuesday. The shots were fired
from a Zhiguli car that was passing by, according to preliminary
inquest.

Moscow police have put into effect an emergency capture plan
code-named Perekhvat in a bid to detain the killer.