The genetic testing of the remains of militants killed in Ingushetia on March 28 has not yet been completed, RIA Novosti reports, referring to police sources. Therefore, there is no evidence proving that militant leader Doku Umarov was killed.
Seventeen militants were killed on March 28 in a raid on a militant base in the volatile Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia used by Islamist insurgents to train suicide bombers.
Russian officials suggested that Umarov, who has claimed responsibility for two recent deadly terrorist attacks in Moscow, was killed in the operation.
Umarov, who has styled himself as the Emir of the Caucasus Emirate, claimed responsibility for the Domodedovo airport blast in January that killed 37 people, as well as the March 2010 suicide bombings on the Moscow subway, in which 40 people died.
