21.   Detectives, however, have said the slaying was a simple robbery gone awry.

22.   Interior Minister Gen. Khumdin Sharipov said that the slaying was likely criminal rather than politically motivated because Sanginov had headed a campaign to crack down on organized crime.

23.   Investigators said they even drew a crude map of where the slaying was to take place.

24.   It was not immediately clear whether the slaying was politically motivated.

25.   Later, authorities said the slaying was part of a larger conspiracy.

26.   Newspapers have reported rumors that the slaying was arranged by the jealous wife of a government official who allegedly had an affair with the actress.

27.   Noye said the slaying was in self defense.

28.   On Friday, authorities announced that the slaying was part of a conspiracy and that they had arrested a second gunman.

29.   Police said the slaying was unrelated to the religious rioting in western India.

30.   Prime Minister Goeran Persson said the slaying was a tragedy, but he warned against making cultural assumptions.