News Photographer Murdered in Russia

A veteran news photographer has been killed and his body burned, the latest in a string of high-profile slayings that have focused new attention on crime in the Russian capital.

It was unclear whether the death of Yuri Korolyov, a 69-year-old photographer for the business monthly Deloviye Lyudi, was connected to his work, police spokesman Gennady Melnik said Friday.

Korolyov’s charred body was found earlier this week along a highway 10 miles west of Moscow, and his burned car was discovered a mile away.

Korolyov contributed to Life and Time magazines and to United Press International since the 1960s. He is the 13th journalist killed this year in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Itar-Tass news agency said.