THE killing of a state television presenter in Russia's volatile North Caucasus may have been meant as a warning to journalists reporting on an Islamist insurgency.
Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, who worked for a local channel of state broadcaster VGTRK, was shot dead in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria province, on Wednesday.
A female witness said two people had got out of a car and asked the presenter, '"Are you TV presenter Kazbek Gekkiyev?" before the shots were fired.
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