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Chechen police have arrested a schoolboy on charges of aidingmilitants. A police source in the Vedenskii Region said the boy, fromthe village of Mahketi, provided with food the leader of an illegalarmed group, one M. Abdusalamov, with food reports Interfax. The boy'sage was not given.
A participant in an illegal armed group has been shot dead during aspecial forces operation in the suburbs of the town of Derbent inDagestan."Around midnight two unknown men opened fire on police officers afterthey were asked for identification documents. One militant was shotdead, the other escaped," - reports Interfax, citing sources in thelocal police.One of the militants was identified as Gugad Shahpazarov, a localresident and participant in an illegal armed group.
During the last month the inhabitants of Kabardino-Balkaria have voluntarily returned 18 units of weapons in exchange for money. The total cost of the weapons is 50 thousand rubles.RIA Novosti reports that 721 units of weapons have been returned by the population of the republic since 2006. Four operations of this kind have been conducted.
The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has denied a request totransfer the case of the attack on Nalchick in 2005 to a jury trial,reports RIA Novosti.During the attack by militants on Nalchik on October 13th -14th,twelve civilians and 35 law-enforcement officers were killed, 95militants were shot dead as well.The request for a case transfer was initiated by Azamat Akhubekov,with 42 suspects supporting the request, but the court decided itcontradicts the decision of a judge of February 20th, 2009, accor
Unknown gunmen have opened fire at a police car and a private car, killing two people, reports Interfax, citing a source in the local police.The incident took place near the village of Martan-Chu in the Urus-Martan region of Chechnya.
The investigative services in Kabardino-Balkaria have brought a case to court, concerning the shooting at of a security unit, RIA Novosti reports. The incident took place in the Tyrnauz district at 11.15 pm on Saturday, one policeman was injured during the attack. Later, the criminals' car was found in a forest. It had been driven from Moscow in 2009. According to Russian law, the criminals could receive prison sentences of 20 years.
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At 23:50 unknown assailants opened fire on a car with submachine guns in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt, RIA Novosti reports. Both passengers in the car were killed. One of them was an inhabitant of Khasavyurt, the other of Makhachkala. About 100 cartridges were found at the scene of the event.
A suicide-bomber who planned a terrorist act during the 9th Maycelebrations has been identified in Chechnya, reports ITAR-TASS,citing the Minister for Internal Affairs of Chechnya, Ruslan Alhanov.The terrorist was 23-year old Hasaviurt (in Dagestan) citizen JakubovIslam Hizrailovich. He was shot dead while attempts were made toarrest him. An explosive device was fitted to his body, noted theminister.
Russian police recently thwarted terrorist attacks in Moscow, InteriorMinister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on a visit to Pyatigorsk, RIA Novostireports.Police uncovered explosive devices with timers, he said."If the extremists acts plans had been realised, these crimes wouldhave caused a great shock in society," he added.The minister also said that the police and the FSB (Federal SecurityService) had prevented terrorist attacks ahead of May 9th Victory Daycelebrations in Dagestan and Chechnya.
The head of Council of Muftis of Russia (CMR) Ravil Gaynetdin believesthat Islamic centers in the country must help the prison system workwith Muslim convicts, RIA Novosti reports.“We don’t have the moral right to leave our co-religionists duringhard times alone with their problems”, - he said in the CathedralMosque during the signing of the agreement between the CMR and theFederal Service for Execution of Punishment (FSEP) today.
One person was killed when a car containing mines and improvised explosive devices exploded on Wednesday in Russia's North Caucasusrepublic of Kabardino-Balkaria. One of the explosive devices detonated when the car stopped at a crossroads in the town of Maisky. The driver and two more passengersescaped. Another passenger was arrested, reports RIA Novosti, citing police.
An explosive device defused in a park in Makhachkala on Sunday was the equivalent of 6 kg of TNT, plus two kg of flammable materials, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of the press service of the Dagestani FSB security services. "Both devices were defused at 19:10, Moscow time. They were made of fire extinguishers filled with ammoniac saltpetre and aluminium powder. The devices were radio-controlled" - the agency reports.
Law-enforcement agencies are carrying out special operations in the southern Dagestani city of Derbent, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of the republic's Interior Ministry. The agency also says that a building where gunmen are holed up is under siege, and further details are to follow.
A bomb exploded under the car of an operative of the police department of the Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria. He was taken to hospital. Interfax reports, quoting deputy head of the investigative office of Kabardino-Balkaria Tatyana Nauzhkova, that a hand-made device went off under his VAZ-2114. "As a result, he was taken to the Tyrnauz hospital seriously injured", Nauzhnikova said. The force of the bomb was the equivalent of about 400 g of TNT, she added.
Three policemen and five civilians were injured by an explosion in thecity of Derbent, one woman passed away in hospital, RIA NOVOSTI reports, quoting a source in the law-enforcement agencies of the republic. Trend reports that 49 year-old Fikret Shirinbala oglu Mamedov from the Khachmaz district of Azerbaijan was among the injured, with a shrapnel wound to the left knee, and has been hospitalized in Derbent.
At approximately 21:05 Moscow Time on Friday evening an explosion occurred at the railway station in the southern Dagestani city of Derbent. According to preliminary information, one woman has died and five others have been hospitalized, among them three policemen. According to a source in the law-enforcement authorities of Makhachkala an explosive device was placed in a litter bin.
The Georgian prosecutor general has launched a criminal probe into acandidate for mayor in Tbilisi from the oppositional National CouncilSviad Dzidziguri on charges of 'hooliganism', News Georgia reports.According to prosecutor Levan Makharashvili, the investigation cannotpresent any detailed information to the press.On Thursday, the candidate for Tbilisi mayor Zviad Dzidziguri went upto young people putting up campaign posters for the Ruling NationalMovement and insulted them before firing four shots.
Some 4,000 homes were left without telephone connections in Tehranafter a telephone cable theft, Trend reports, citing Iranian media.Repairs will take 2 days.
During a special force operation, which takes place near the village Kantishevo, Nazran region of Ingushetia, a group of militants was surrounded in one of the residential houses. The militants opened fire and two of them were shot dead. The operation continues, reports ITAR-TASS, citing local police.
