Unidentified people killed a district court judge of Russia’s Rostov Oblast (Region), in the early morning hours of Friday, the investigation committee representative Valery Chekrishev told RIA Novosti News Agency of Russia.  

“Four masked persons attacked the district court judge, nearby his house, at night, at around 3:10am,” he said.

The judge was transferred to hospital, where he died in the morning, at around 7am. 

According to the information posted on the aforementioned court’s website, the killed court judge was Samvel Manukyan.

The court representatives refused to comment on the incident.