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Friday, April 9, 1999 Published at 08:27 GMT 09:27 UK


World: Europe

Moscow football coach murdered


REASON FOR KILL: SPORT SAY MAN IS NOT COACH OF DYNAMO MOSCOW The Russian news agency, ITAR-TASS, says the coach of one of Russia's leading football teams -- Dynamo Moscow -- has been shot dead.

A spokesman for the police in the southern city of Volgograd said V.

Saidilinov was with friends outside a garage when shots were fired from the roof.

The police were quoted as saying that they thought the attack was a contract killing.

Mr Saidilinov was reportedly in charge of selecting players for Dynamo Moscow and for leasing them out.

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