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General's Office Investigation Committee, Viktoria Tsyplenkova, said, adding that the information was being verified.

Police have already questioned a number of witnesses and established that the gunman was a white male about 180 cm (5'11") tall wore a black jacket and a green facemask.

A source in the Investigation Committee said that the assassin had waited for Markelov and followed him along the street after the lawyer's press conference.

"The assassin chose a moment when not many people were around, sped up his walk and fired a shot into the back of his head," the source said.



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