WORLD BRIEFING / AZERBAIJAN
Times Wire Reports
A gunman killed Azerbaijan’s air force chief, Lt. Gen. Rail Rzayev, outside his home in the capital, Baku, the Defense Ministry said.
President Ilham Aliyev in televised comments said he would take personal control of the investigation. Officials said they did not know the motive.
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