The killing of Ingushetiya.ru owner Magomed Yevloyev could incite tensions in the province of Ingushetia west of Chechnya, which has been the site of frequent attacks on police and other officials. Police arrested Yevloyev today, taking him off a plane that had just landed in Ingushetia province near Chechnya, said the site’s deputy editor.

Reports of executions by the security forces could stoke fresh divisions in the fledgling country, where ethnic tensions are still raw. The autopsy said burning and blackening around Reinado’s wounds in the eye, neck, chest and hand suggested he had been shot at a distance of less than 30 centimetres, rather than by guards standing 10 metres away, which is the official version of events.