Russian Police Aware of Nemtsov's Last Route

Police have found four vehicles that CCTV systems spotted at the time and place of Boris Nemtsov's murder.

Nemtsov was shot 4-6 times in the back and died shortly before midnight on Thursday as he crossed a bridge in the view of the Kremlin. The fatal wound came from a shot in the heart, RT has reported.

A manhunt is now underway.

For investigators, it is now clear that the shooting had been carried out from a car.

Nemtsov was among dozens of politicians to take part in a rally scheduled March 1, but the event is now called off.

Police have been able to establish the route he followed by the time of the murder.

He met a friend near the Kremlin at about 23:00 local time, or 20:00 GMT. He then walked southeast for more than half an hour until he reached the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge, where shots were fired from a passing white car. He was accompanied by a famous Ukrainian model, Anna Duritskaya.

The two were apparently heading to the famous Bolotnaya Square. The latter is related to 2012's massive anti-government protests and a subsequent trial launched by the state prosecution on violence against police. 

A Russian-language website called "Meduza" claims that several people actually got out of a car that stopped at the bridge and fired shots.