Two pro-Kremlin officials were assassinated minutes apart on Friday in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus. An administrator responsible for helping Russian families resettle in the region was gunned down, and then a senior police commander was killed as he drove his three children to school. The children were also killed, as were the commander’s two guards, bringing the death toll in the shootings to seven. An Islamic force in Ingushetia, aligned with Chechen separatists, has said it has been carrying out “responsive measures” against officials involved in counterterrorism activities. Full Story