Moscow Mayor Shot 15 Times
By Carl Schreck
Staff Writer
MOSCOW — The bullet-riddled body of a Moscow region mayor was found in a children’s playground close to his home early Friday in what prosecutors believe was a contract murder. Dzerzhinsky Mayor Viktor Dorkin was walking home at around midnight after speaking on live television when he was apparently attacked by two men with handguns, Channel One television reported, citing investigators. Dorkin was shot 10 times in the head and four times in the chest, Channel One said. Dorkin rarely traveled with bodyguards, according to media reports. Dorkin’s body was discovered at around 3 a.m. in a playground, said a spokeswoman for the Moscow region prosecutor’s office. Dorkin, 52, had since 1991 presided over the administration of Dzerzhinsky, a major military-industrial city in the region, and investigators believe his murder was connected to his official duties, said the spokeswoman, who declined to give her name. She said she could not say who discovered Dorkin’s body. Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Savchenko is personally overseeing the investigation, and he visited the crime scene Monday morning. “There are a lot of questions,” Savchenko said on NTV television. “Dorkin worked in this post for more than 15 years. Right now, we are studying all aspects of his work and all of the people he may have had conflicts with.” Dorkin was assaulted two years ago, but the assailants were never found, NTV reported. Itar-Tass reported that until a new election could be held, Dorkin would be replaced by one of his deputies.
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