Natalia Estemirova, murdered.
Russian activist 'found murdered'
A prominent Russian human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova, has been found dead in the North Caucasus.
She was bundled into a van and abducted as she left her home in Chechnya on Wednesday morning, a colleague said.
Her body was later found in neighbouring Ingushetia with two bullet wounds to the head, according to an Ingush interior ministry spokeswoman.
Ms Estemirova had been investigating human rights abuses in Chechnya for the Memorial group. She had worked in the past with the activists Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in 2006, and Stanislav Markelov, who was killed in January this year.
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