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1st LD: Two suspects detained in relation to Boris Nemtsov's murder

Xinhua, March 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two suspects have been detained for involvement in the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, Russian Federal Security Service chief Alexander Bortnikov said Saturday.

"As a result of the investigation, we detained today two people suspected of committing this crime -- Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev," Bortnikov was quoted by the Tass news agency as saying.

"We have reported the process to the president (Vladimir Putin), while necessary operative and investigative work will continue," he said.

According to the chief, the suspects came from the Caucasus regions, a volatile region of southern Russia plagued by violence.

The Interfax news agency quoted a source as saying that Russian law enforcement agencies traced down the two suspects after examining biological evidence found inside the car used by them at the time of the murder.

Moreover, "quite clear" images of the two suspects were obtained by examining footage of street video cameras, according to the source.

Nemtsov, who was a former Russian deputy prime minister and an outspoken critic of Putin, was shot dead at about midnight of Feb. 27 near the Kremlin when he was strolling with Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya. Endi