MOSCOW: Two people were killed in an attack on a car in Ingushetia on Friday.

Officials initally denied reports that a regional minister was among the dead.

Unidentified assailants opened fire at a Kia car in the village of Sredniye Achaluki in Ingushetia.

Ruslan Balayev was the sports and tourism minister for Ingushetia, and his death follows a string of brazen attacks on officials, including an assassination bid last month that critically wounded the leader of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.

On Wednesday, the body of a leading rights activist Natalya Estemirova was found in Ingushetia after she was abducted in neighbouring Chechnya.

Last month, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to destroy Islamist militants whom he blamed for the unrest.

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