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Fri, 06/24/2011 - 08:35
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Suspected killer of Magadan editor detained.

MOSCOW, June 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Investigators said they detained a
suspected killer of editor-in-chief of Kolyma+ TV channel Anatoly Bitkov
in Magadan only two days after the crime.
The regional branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said on
Friday the 22-year old suspect was a resident of Magadan with a criminal
record.
It said there was a conflict between him and the journalist in Bitkov'
s apartment on the night of June 22. The man stabbed the editor several
times and killed him.
Earlier police said several reasons were investigated, including that
related to Bitkov's professional activities, but domestic crime was
considered as the main one.
Bitkov, 38, was a popular journalist in Magadan and the
editor-in-chief of the Kolyma+ channel for several years.

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